Red Flags About Agent in Maine Shooting May Have Been Missed

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that if allegations of violent behavior against an immigration officer prove true, the officer should have been disqualified during the vetting process.

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The killing of Johan SebastiÃ¡n DurÃ¡n Guerrero by an ICE agent in Maine is once more highlighting the problems with vetting and training in law enforcement.

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... In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," Homan indicated it was possible the agency's vetting process had failed after an ICE agent involved in a fatal Maine shooting was revealed to have abuse allegations from two ex-wives and, at one point, an order to relinquish his firearms.

"If those are facts, I don't think he should have ever cleared vetting," said Homan, adding an internal affairs investigation is underway. "How did the vetting process fail? Was that information not available? Did they not know?" ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-27 02:38 PM | Reply

@#1 ... How did the vetting process fail ...

Possibly because the process may have been designed to sign-up as many persons as possible, as quickly as possible?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-27 02:40 PM | Reply

Speaking of vetting, how on earth did Tom Homan get his job?
I mean, explaining away the $50,000 in cash he walked away with on that CAVA bag?
Pareon me: Swept under the rug, gone, forgotten by the regime - poof!
A regime which needs Tom Homan as a symbol of its particular brand of law-and-order.
Also to keep the forced emigration convoys running on time.
Because Stephen Miller is incapable of adjusting his own feeding times without going FUBAR.
Sheet for brains, venality, dodginess, a withered heart, and greed inform this rancid regime.
From top to bottom.the top, through and through.
Make sure you thank a Republican, because this is their wetdream come alive.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-27 04:46 PM | Reply

Tom Homan belongs in prison.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-27 05:38 PM | Reply

@#1 ... How did the vetting process fail ...
Possibly because the process may have been designed to sign-up as many persons as possible, as quickly as possible?
#2 | Posted by LampLighter

Democrats on the Committee of Homeland Security requested the GAO look into this last year. There is no public record that indicates the GAO ever issued a response, much less took action on the request. The letter cited reports of new recruits not passing educational requirements, not being fingerprinted for background check or drug tested.

It can be assumed that the administration took no action on the request because it came from democrats and in this white house the rule is party over country.

democrats-homeland.house.gov

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-28 01:11 PM | Reply

News flash: ICE hires guys like this killer because they want guys like him. They knew his background.

Let me tell you something. They signed up to use their weapons. Most of them, all right. But they watch enough TV, so they know they have to weep after they use their weapons.
--Billy Costigan, The Departed

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2026-07-28 01:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1