Markey Makes Unscheduled Oversight Visit to Maine ICE Field Office Following Fatal Shooting, Leaves with More Alarming Questions Than Answers

Boston (July 17, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after conducting an official unscheduled oversight visit at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) field office in Scarborough, Maine, where he demanded answers about the recent, nearby shooting and killing of 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Guerrero by an ICE officer.

"The officer who shot Johan Guerrero works out of this office, and it's completely unacceptable that ICE has withheld from the public the details surrounding his murder," said Senator Markey. "I was also informed that the office does not have body cameras for its officers, despite ICE having already received billions of dollars more in funding from Trump and Republicans just this year. There is no excuse for the lack of documentation and accountability around Johan Guerrero's death despite the extraordinary amount of money that Trump and his Republican allies have given to ICE."

"ICE is terrorizing people, from children and parents on their way to school drop-off, to workers and small business owners at their places of work. We need to get ICE off our streets and out of our communities. It's long past time we abolish ICE."

Yesterday, Senator Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the ICE Boston Field Office in Burlington, Massachusetts, demanding a full, transparent, and independent accounting of this killing, given the office's direct jurisdiction over enforcement operations in Maine and New England.

In January 2026, Senator Markey wrote to the ICE Boston Field Office, demanding answers about conditions at the field office in Burlington, Massachusetts, and the conduct of ICE agents in the Commonwealth. This letter followed Senator Markey's previous December letter, raising concerns about the cruel conditions at the Burlington field office.

Senator Markey and Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) have introduced the Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026, which would grant victims the right to sue federal law enforcement officers-not just state and local officials-for civil rights violations and would abolish the defense of qualified immunity in these suits. The legislation would help deliver accountability for families victimized by law enforcement, including ICE agents.

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