Four ICE shootings in a week. Seventy billion in new funding. One deciding vote. And a federal government that won't investigate its own.
By Wayne Ince | Retired SMSgt, U.S. Air Force | 2026 Election War Room
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BreakingRanksBlog Podcast
Episode Link: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-rqrfk-1b13560
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Say the names out loud.
Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Tyrin Johnson. Alex Pretti. Renee Nicole Good. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. Josue Castro Rivera. Ruben Ray Martinez. Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez. Jaime Alanis.
Ten names since January 2025. That's where this starts.
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Joan Sebastian Guerrero was 26.
Wife and a three-year-old daughter in Bluey pajamas
Colombian, work-authorized, Social Security number issued by the U.S. government
Killed on the way to a food delivery job at 7:00 a.m.
Not the person ICE was looking for
Agents were not wearing body cameras
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was 52.
Construction worker, father of three
Married to his childhood sweetheart for forty years
Thirty years in the United States
Killed by ICE agents looking for someone else
Three men who witnessed the shooting are now in immigration detention
No body cameras
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Tyrin Johnson was 20.
Killed on the Fourth of July weekend by Tennessee National Guard troops assigned to the federal Memphis Safe Task Force.
Four days later, a DEA agent on the same task force killed another man in a Memphis hotel room.
Fourth task force death since September 2025.
"Show me the video."
— The family
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Renee Nicole Good was 37. U.S. citizen. Mother of three.
Shot three times in her own Honda Pilot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross
The Department of Justice declined to investigate
Twelve federal prosecutors resigned in protest
Her SUV shrink-wrapped in FBI storage; Minnesota denied access for six months
Evidence only released to state investigators two weeks ago
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I served 23 years.
"Nobody I served with would have fired four rounds through a Kia windshield at seven in the morning at a father who wasn't even the target. Nobody I served with would have hidden the vehicle. Nobody I served with would have refused to turn over evidence to a state investigator. Nobody I served with wore a mask on the job."
— Wayne Ince, retired U.S. Air Force
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The check has a name on it.
Susan Collins. Senator from Maine.
The Vote
June 2026: cast the deciding vote to advance $70 billion in ICE and Border Patrol funding
The Cover
Then flipped to "no" on final passage for political cover
The Consequence
Two weeks later: ICE agents her vote funded killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford
The Response
Protesters filled Mechanics Park and marched to her office. The chant was three words: Vote her out.
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The country has been in the streets.
Vigils and marches since winter:
Boston. Portland. Chicago. Philadelphia. Austin. Birmingham. Charlotte. Phoenix. Oakland. Richmond.
Indivisible counted more than a thousand events nationwide in January when Renee Good died.
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The federal response.
A Statement
Words. No action. No accountability.
A "Pause"
Border czar Tom Homan: "a couple of weeks."
One Camera
One body camera per arrest team — announced, not implemented.
$20 Million
Already appropriated for body cameras. Still not distributed.
The government would rather blame a shutdown than put a body camera on a single ICE agent.
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The accountability double standard.
If a Memphis police officer had shot Renee Good:
- DOJ civil rights investigation opened by January 8
- FBI search warrants executed
- Vehicle in state custody
- Indictment or public declination, on the record, in the open
That is how the system worked when it worked. That is Minneapolis 2020. That is what happened after Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd.
What is happening now:
The Department of Justice declined to investigate. Twelve federal prosecutors resigned in protest. Her SUV was shrink-wrapped in FBI storage. Minnesota was denied access for six months. Evidence only released to state investigators two weeks ago.
That is not what is happening now.
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The record since January 2025.
Shootings
At least 39 shootings by immigration agents
Killed
At least 11 dead by federal immigration officers
In Custody
Dead in ICE custody in the first 500 days (Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights)
Vehicle Incidents
Separate incidents of federal officers firing into civilian vehicles (Wall Street Journal)
U.S. Citizens
Of the people shot in that window were U.S. citizens
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How much killing is enough?
At what number does Susan Collins say enough?
At what number does the White House stop calling every dead man a threat?
At what number does the Department of Justice open a case?
The answer looks like never.
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Show up. Say the names. Vote them out.
Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Tyrin Johnson. Alex Pretti. Renee Nicole Good. Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. Josue Castro Rivera. Ruben Ray Martinez. Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez. Jaime Alanis.
That's ten.
Say them out loud. Then ask a senator what number is too many.
Read the full op-ed at big-sarge.blog.
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How much killing is enough?