ICE and the Senate react to the latest shootings: From the Politics Desk

From the Politics DeskICE and the Senate react to the latest shootings: From the Politics DeskPlus, the Supreme Court goes to CongressPlus, the Supreme Court goes to CongressListen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in Dirksen building on June 17, 2026.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJuly 14, 2026, 10:44 PM EDTBy The Politics DeskWelcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In today’s edition, our national security and politics teams dig into the policy and electoral fallout after ICE officers fatally shot two men in recent days. And our legal reporters watched as Supreme Court justices testified before Congress in a bid for more security funding.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Scott BlandICE tells officers to stop car pursuits amid uproar after shootingICE has issued a nationwide order to all officers to stop pursuing people in vehicles, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official and two former senior DHS officials, NBC News’ Julia Ainsley, Laura Strickler, Suzanne Gamboa, Daniella Silva and Nicole Acevedo report. The move comes after ICE officers fatally shot two men in less than a week in Maine and Texas.The pause is temporary, according to a senior DHS official with knowledge of the policy change. The official added that ICE is “evaluating the incidents to determine what additional training is needed to reduce the negative outcomes we are seeing.” There is no scheduled timeline for when the pause might lift. The ICE officers in both cases were making vehicle stops when they ended up killing men who were not their original targets for arrest, local officials said. The two shootings took p...