f{"id":49217,"date":"2026-07-16T12:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49217"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:42:52","slug":"collins-wont-say-she-regrets-funding-ice-after-killing-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/collins-wont-say-she-regrets-funding-ice-after-killing-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Won\u2019t Say She Regrets Funding ICE After Killing in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/senate-holds-confirmation-hearing-for-jay-clayton-to-be-director-of-national-intelligence.jpg?id=67163638&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C404%2C0%2C1263\" alt=\"Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Jay Clayton To Be Director of National Intelligence\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) attends a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0(Photo by Aaron Schwartz\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cMaine does not need a senator who signs the checks and hopes for the best from Donald Trump,\u201d said one Democratic US Senate candidate.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/julia-conley\">Julia Conley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jul 15, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days after a federal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/immigration\">immigration<\/a>&nbsp;agent fatally shot 26-year-old Johan Sebasti\u00e1n Guerrero in Biddeford,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/maine\">Maine<\/a>, the state\u2019s Republican senator, who voted earlier this year to fund US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/immigration-and-customs-enforcement\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>&nbsp;without requiring reforms, refused to say she regrets the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prem Thakker of Zeteo News approached Senate Appropriations Committee Chair&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/susan-collins\">Susan Collins<\/a>&nbsp;at the Capitol on Wednesday with a polite but direct question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/susan-collins-ice\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/officials-identify-man-killed-by-ice-in-maine-and-security-footage-shows-shooting-s-aftermath.jpg?id=67154941&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=315%2C0%2C316%2C0\" alt=\"Officials identify man killed by ICE in Maine, and security footage shows shooting's aftermath\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/susan-collins-ice\">Susan Collins \u2018Must Be Held Accountable for Funding This Terror,\u2019 Says Troy Jackson After ICE Killing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/ice-in-maine\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/us-politics-immigration.jpg?id=67150225&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"US-POLITICS-IMMIGRATION\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/ice-in-maine\">\u2018We Are Grieving, We Are Furious\u2019: Mainers Protest Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHi senator, how are you?\u201d Thakker began. \u201cI was wondering, do you regret giving ICE more money, given the killings, including the one in your state?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins, who was waiting for an elevator with an aide, did not reply, while her staffer asked what outlet Thakker was with before saying the senator had to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Collins approached the elevator, Thakker repeated the question: \u201cNo regrets?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prem_thakker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@prem_thakker<\/a> ask Sen. Susan Collins if she regrets funding ICE given its recent killings, including of 26-year-old Maine resident Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Collins defends herself, saying it went to bodycams &amp; training. ICE wasn\u2019t wearing bodycams when they killed Guerrero. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hl8FYYyBMq\">pic.twitter.com\/hl8FYYyBMq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zeteo (@zeteo_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zeteo_news\/status\/2077457675194114237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senator did not directly answer the question, but suggested she stood by her vote in April to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/republicans-ice-budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provide<\/a>&nbsp;ICE and Customs and Border Protection with $70 billion for the next three years\u2014without agreeing to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mainebeacon.com\/collins-votes-for-70b-ice-funding-with-no-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guardrails<\/a>&nbsp;Democrats had demanded following the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southernborder.org\/deaths_by_border_patrol#2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killings<\/a>&nbsp;of at least four people since the beginning of 2026 and the deaths of dozens of people in ICE detention and during deportation operations in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She referred to \u201cmoney I got for body-worn cameras and training\u201d\u2014but as Thakker pointed out, that money didn\u2019t stop agents from killing Guerrero on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey didn\u2019t wear cameras though, did they, Senator?\u201d asked Thakker as the elevator doors closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guerrero, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/14\/us\/joan-sebastian-guerrero-maine-ice-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a>&nbsp;had legal status in the US and was married with a 3-year-old daughter, was killed in his vehicle Monday morning. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/13\/us\/ice-shooting-maine-guerrero.html?eafs_enabled=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;ICE had been \u201cconducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal,\u201d and details that have emerged since the shooting suggest Guerrero was not the person agents were looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DHS said Guerrero \u201cattempted to flee the scene\u201d and bullet holes were seen in the windshield of Guerrero\u2019s car. ICE agents are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/JU\/JU00\/20260108\/118805\/HMKP-119-JU00-20260108-SD003.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trained<\/a>&nbsp;never to shoot into a moving car, but they have in several recent cases, including the killings of protester&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/renee-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renee Good<\/a>&nbsp;in Minneapolis in January and immigrant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/salgado-son-investigation-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lorenzo Salgado Araujo<\/a>&nbsp;in Houston last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleeing a scene is also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/jm\/1-16000-department-justice-policy-use-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not considered<\/a>&nbsp;grounds for the use of force, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/department-of-justice\">Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nirav Shah, who is running to be the Democratic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/us-senate\">US Senate<\/a>&nbsp;candidate in Maine, noted that Collins\u2019 call for ICE to suspend its use of vehicle stops was ineffectual, with President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-ice-traffic-stops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordering<\/a>&nbsp;the stops to continue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is the entire measure of her influence in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/washington\">Washington<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nirav_maine\/status\/2077411642715799998\/photo\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Shah. \u201cSen. Susan Collins can\u2019t stop Trump, and she\u2019s too weak to stand up to him\u2014period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSusan Collins funds ICE and has given them a blank check,\u201d he added. \u201cMaine does not need a senator who signs the checks and hopes for the best from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>. It needs one who will end ICE\u2019s rampage and abolish it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic US Senate candidate Troy Jackson also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TroyJackson207\/status\/2077458743990608323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned<\/a>&nbsp;Collins for helping Trump enact his \u201cdeadly, racist, and authoritarian agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMainers won\u2019t forget,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/julia-conley\">Julia Conley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Conley is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/julia-conley\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) attends a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. \u00a0(Photo by Aaron Schwartz\/Getty Images) \u201cMaine does not need a senator who signs the checks and hopes for the best from Donald Trump,\u201d said one Democratic US Senate candidate. 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