Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s “border czar,” stated on Sunday that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in a fatal shooting in Maine should not have cleared the agency’s vetting process, according to remarks made during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union program.
Homan was asked about the officer’s eligibility following reports that two of his ex-wives had accused him of abuse. The officer, identified by news outlets as David Brouillette, was involved in the killing of 25-year-old Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine on July 13. The US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has not publicly confirmed Brouillette’s identity. One of Brouillette’s ex-wives, Lucinda Brouillette, stated in a message to NPR that she believed he was capable of the alleged level of violence.
Homan indicated that an administrative investigation was underway to determine how the vetting process may have failed to identify such information. He stated that if the abuse allegations were factual, the individual would have faced significant difficulties passing the standard vetting procedure. Homan declined to comment directly on the specific case itself, describing it as “a rare instance,” but emphasized that any such history should have been flagged during the hiring process.
The incident has prompted increased attention to ICE hiring practices and vetting procedures. Democratic lawmakers, including Mississippi congressman Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the US House homeland security committee, have called for reviews of the agency’s vetting and training processes. Homan also announced that ICE would require officers to wear body cameras during vehicle stops, following the Maine shooting and another fatal incident involving an ICE officer in Texas earlier in July, neither of which had body camera footage available.
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