Image: The scene in Biddeford, Maine, where a man was shot and killed. Photograph: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald/AP

The Guardian reports: “A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man in Biddeford, Maine on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed, just days ⁠after a man ⁠was ​killed by an immigration officer during a traffic stop in Texas.

In the statement, DHS claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were “conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal”.

DHS claimed “an illegal alien” left the residence agents were surveilling in a vehicle, which law enforcement “attempted” to stop. It said: “The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.”

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