ICE agents are killing innocent people on the streets of America right now.
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On with Kara SwisherAug 10, 2026
Sources from July 2026 report ICE agents fatally shooting drivers on streets in Houston and Biddeford, Maine, and CBS's October tracker counts nine people killed by federal immigration agents, so the core claim that ICE agents are killing people on American streets is supported as of the August 10 posting.
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… That is a genuinely inspiring immigrant story and a tribute to the power of immigrants, yet you're endorsed by Donald Trump, a man who calls immigrants vermin who are poisoning the blood of our country, and whose ICE agents are killing innocent people on the streets of America right now. You are running to be governor of a state that more immigrants call home than any other. More than 11 million Californians are from someplace else. …
On with Kara Swisher · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports ICE officers fatally shot a driver in Biddeford, Maine on July 13, 2026, less than a week after an ICE agent killed a man in Houston, and says at least seven people have been shot dead by ICE since January 2025.[1]
Supports. AP reports an ICE agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on July 13, the second deadly ICE shooting in a week, and at least the ninth death since the crackdown began.[2]
Supports. CBS News's tracker, updated October 12, finds federal immigration agents have killed nine people and injured 13 in at least 30 shootings during the second Trump administration.[4]
Contradicts. DHS says the Maine officer fired 'fearing for public safety' and that the driver was attempting to flee, and the Houston victim was allegedly trying to run over an officer. These accounts are disputed by witnesses, so the 'innocent' characterization is contested rather than established.[1][5]
Context. Snopes found that several deaths cited in a viral 2026 list occurred in ICE custody rather than from shootings, so not every ICE-related death is a street killing.[3]
Context. Commentary pieces from the Inquirer and Alternet describe the victims as innocent and say ICE has resumed shootings on the streets, but these are opinion or low-credibility sources and do not independently establish innocence.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1ICE agent fatally shoots driver in Maine, six days after ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2ICE officer shot and killed a motorist in Maineapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Posts claim ICE killed 9 people in 2026. We broke down the casessnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Federal immigration agents have shot at dozens of people ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5American horror story: Trump officials are lying to their own agentsalternet.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 6Four people killed by ICE agents. A lawless administration. It won’t stop unless voters act. | Editorialinquirer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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