Trump is ordering ICE back to aggressive traffic stops after the tactic killed several people, a hardline move that risks eroding public support for deportations.

• A Colombian man, Yan Sebastian Guerrero, was killed by ICE in front of his young daughter in Maine; a Mexican worker died fleeing ICE in Florida, and a Peruvian man's home was surrounded by armed agents.
• ICE briefly paused traffic stops after three deaths in a week, since police are trained not to step in front of moving cars.
• Trump overruled the pause, praising ICE and pushing agents to keep hitting arrest quotas — a demand tied to advisor Stephen Miller.
• Enforcement falls almost entirely on workers; prosecutions of employers who hire illegal labor are at record lows.
• Even supporters of tougher immigration policy say these killings discredit the deportation cause and could trigger a future backlash.

Outlook: Traffic stops resume, so more deadly encounters and political fights over ICE tactics are likely ahead.