Kamala Harris was blasted after she demanded ICE agents be held accountable and potentially prosecuted following the death of 26-year-old Colombian national Joan Sebastian Guerrero.

Guerrero, 26, was fatally gunned down by a federal agent around 7am Monday while he drove his car in Biddeford, roughly 15 miles southwest of Portland, Maine. His three-year-old daughter watched in horror from the backseat. 

The former vice president – whom many still believe will make a third run for the White House in 2028 – spoke out on social media.

‘Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive,’ she said. ‘This is the second time in a week that ICE agents have killed someone who — by their own admission — was not the subject of their operation.’

The other death Harris referred to was of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot after the Department of Homeland Security alleged that he tried to ram ICE agents with his car. 

She continued to mourn Guerrero: ‘Now Sebastian is dead, his killing witnessed by his three-year-old daughter wearing her Bluey pajamas.’ 

‘This cannot be acceptable in America. There must be an immediate, independent, and transparent investigation. Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable.’

But the backlash to Harris’ remarks was swift and furious on social media, with many blaming her for failed immigration policies as Joe Biden’s ‘border czar.’ 

‘Now do the thousands of Americans who have been murdered by people in the US illegally,’ wrote one.

Kamala Harris was ripped after she demanded ICE agents be held accountable and potentially prosecuted following the death of 26-year-old Colombian national Joan Sebastian Guerrero

The former vice president – whom many still believe will make a third run for the White House in 2028 – spoke out on social media in defense of Guerrero (pictured)

They added: ‘Wouldn’t all of them be alive if the illegal aliens who killed them weren’t in the US illegally in the first place? Now remind us again how many millions of them you and Joe let in.’

Another claimed Harris was covering for criminals who were trying to inflict harm on ICE agents. 

‘According to Kamala Harris, violent criminal illegal aliens should be allowed to kill ICE agents as long as their daughters are wearing Bluey pajamas,’ they said.

One person slammed Harris over the killing of Laken Riley by an illegal migrant in 2024, when she was vice president. 

Her death spawned the Laken Riley Act, which mandates that the Department of Homeland Security detain migrants charged with various crimes. 

DHS explained Monday that an officer, ‘fearing for public safety,’ shot and killed Guerrero while officers were watching the home of someone they believed was in the U.S. illegally and facing a final order of removal from the country. 

The department said that when ICE tried to stop a car driven by someone who came from the home, the person attempted to flee in the vehicle and the officer fired.

Maine Senator Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the officer opened fire after the man tried to use his vehicle as a weapon. 

King said Mullin told him the officers were trying to serve an arrest warrant, but not for the man who was shot.

Guerrero, 26, was fatally gunned down by a federal agent around 7am Monday while he drove his car in Biddeford, roughly 15 miles southwest of Portland

Backlash to Harris was swift on social media, with many blaming her time as the ‘border czar’ for Joe Biden’s failed immigration policies

DHS, which oversees ICE, didn´t respond to an email seeking clarity on what led to the shooting.

Immigration advocacy group Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition said Guerrero had a work authorization permit for the US and a social security number. 

Guerrero was killed in the town of Biddeford, roughly 15 miles southwest of Portland, just after 7am ET. 

Footage from the scene showed Guerrero’s white Kia driving slowly in circles at an intersection as an ICE agent ran alongside the vehicle. 

It is unclear whether the footage was taken before or after the driver was shot and lawmakers have been calling for urgent answers. 

King’s office said Mullin told him Guerrero ‘weaponized’ his vehicle against the ICE agent – though there is no officer bodycam footage of the incident. 

‘What I said to the Secretary was, we want a full, transparent and open investigation of this matter,’ King said on Monday. 

‘And one of the problems is apparently there are no cameras. Body cameras were not on the agents. So we have no video evidence of what occurred in this case.’

A makeshift memorial for a man that was fatally shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Biddeford, Maine

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers stand guard outside of a federal immigration office after Guerrero was fatally shot

The Colombian Embassy in the US has since called for answers over Guerrero’s death, NTN24 reports.

DHS said in a post on X that agents had been surveilling an address for a person with a final order of removal from the country. 

When ICE tried to stop a vehicle driven by someone they believed was coming from that address, the ‘vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon,’ the department said.

King’s office has said an FBI investigation into what led to the shooting is ongoing. 

The Maine attorney general’s office, which is also investigating, said initial statements suggest the motorist was trying to flee in the direction of the agent. 

The office said the agent who killed him has been placed on leave. 

The incident marks at least the ninth death since President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown in January 2025. Earlier Tuesday, a man was hit by a truck and killed while attempting to flee ICE agents in Florida. 

It comes as Trump administration officials told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after the two deadly shootings.

Guerrero has been remembered as a hard-working family man who left Colombia for the US in search of a better future for his wife and child, his father, Omar Durán, said

People attend the ‘ICE Out: Justice for Lorenzo and Joan’ protest at Foley Square in New York

The suspension of vehicle stops allows room for exceptions when executing a criminal warrant or working with partner agencies, according to a person who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive law enforcement operations. 

Matthew Felling, a spokesperson for Maine Sen. Angus King, said the senator´s office was also told by the Department of Homeland Security that ICE was suspending stops.

Details of Guerrero’s identity began to emerge as disturbing footage showed the victim’s white Kia sedan drive slowly in circles while being chased by officers. 

Separate Ring camera footage obtained from inside a nearby home by The Maine Wire captured the sound of the deadly confrontation, as a barrage of around five shots were fired rapidly. 

Photos taken in the aftermath showed a bullet hole on the windshield of the white Kia sedan being driven by Guerrero when he was killed.

A witness told the Portland Press-Herald that the man emerged from the car bleeding profusely from his head moments after the shooting.

Photos taken from the scene show the victim lying on a nearby road, as ICE agents and police consoled each other. 

Witness Lucas Scott, 18, told the Press Herald that he was driving through the intersection moments before the shooting, and saw a group of unmarked vehicles descend on another car. 

Agents hugging each other in footage taken in the aftermath of the shooting

He said he saw agents in ICE uniforms confronting the driver of the vehicle, seconds before an agent pulled his weapon and ordered the man to exit his car.

‘The car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer,’ Scott said. He said he then heard the ICE agent fire several shots quickly.

Locals said ICE had been operating in the town for about a week, and their presence was known throughout the area. 

Mary Hayes, a resident who lives near the scene, told the Press Herald that she did not see the agent open fire, but arrived in time to see the victim lying in the street. 

‘There’s a dead body down there,’ she said. 

‘I mean, we live in Maine. We don’t expect this to happen here. What have we come to?’ she added. 

Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said she was ‘deeply disturbed and angry’ by the news. 

‘I, of course, need to know all of the answers here,’ the Democrat said. 

Two women hug each other near the scene of the deadly shooting

Officers at the scene of the shooting on Monday morning, after witnesses said they saw the victim ‘trying to hit the ICE officer’ with his car 

Pingree said she wanted to know if the ICE agents were pursuing a migrant with a criminal record or if the shooting was a routine traffic stop, but added: ‘More than anything else, I want to know why you’re in Maine?’

‘Every report we hear is about somebody being picked up who legally was here, and is this going to be another one of those stories?’ 

Maine’s House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said he was waiting to hear details over what led to the deadly shooting, saying in a short statement: ‘A person was killed. ​ICE was involved.

‘State Police and the Department of Public ​Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well. These are the details that I have at this time. I will provide further updates, as they are relayed to me.’ 

It comes just days after an ICE agent fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, which sparked mass protests. 

Scrutiny on ICE activities was also compounded by the fatal shootings of anti-ICE protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota earlier this year. 

The shooting on Monday has quickly led to calls for protest, with the social justice group Biddeford Saco for Racial Justice saying on Facebook that it would be holding a demonstration within a matter of hours. 

‘Folks are really upset,’ the group said. ‘I imagine there will be more.’ 

Guerrero’s shooting marked at least the ninth time ICE has used deadly force since Trump began his immigration crackdown.

Current Border Czar Tom Homan told reporters Tuesday that the investigation needs to play out.

‘If officers acted inappropriately or illegally, they´ll be held accountable,’ he said.

Maine’s attorney general´s office, which noted that it´s working with federal agencies to investigate, said initial statements suggest the driver was trying to flee in the direction of the officer, whose name hasn´t been released and who was placed on leave.

The state’s other senator, Republican Susan Collins, said Mullin told her that DHS´ Office of Inspector General is investigating in cooperation with the FBI.