Homan Says the Vetting of the ICE Officer Who Killed a Man in Maine Is Under Internal Review

Border czar Tom Homan said on CNN on July 26, 2026 that ICE’s internal affairs section is reviewing how Army veteran David Brouillette cleared vetting to become an ICE officer, after Brouillette’s relatives told the Associated Press he had a history of serious mental health struggles and violent behavior. Brouillette is the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13. “If the allegations are true, I don’t think he should ever have cleared vetting,” Homan said, adding that training is also under review. Separately, lawmakers told the AP that at a closed-door House Homeland Security Committee briefing last week ICE officials reported 56 excessive-force complaints against officers: 32 cleared, one referred for discipline with none yet imposed, and the rest still under investigation.

The review touches the hiring surge itself. DHS added more than 12,000 ICE recruits through June 30, 2026 while shortening basic training, and the two July shootings have made the screening and training of those hires a bipartisan concern — Sen. Susan Collins, who chairs Senate Appropriations, called it “extremely unfortunate” that the officer in her state was not using a body camera.

DHS did not respond to a request for comment on the internal review. The relatives’ account of Brouillette’s history is an allegation reported by the AP and has not been confirmed by the department; no findings have been announced.