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Susan Collins’ Deadly Votes: Kavanaugh Stops & Billions for ICE

2 min readOct 13, 2026

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Susan Collins’ three deadly votes

Three votes, lethal results: How Susan Collins’ support for Brett Kavanaugh and billions in ICE budgets unleashed roving stops that leave Americans dead.

  • Susan Collins voted for Brett Kavanaugh who created the Kavanaugh Stop that let’s ICE detain people based on their race and appearance.
  • She voted for Russell Vought and the budget to give $200 billion to ICE.
  • She voted for Markwayne Mullin who heads ICE, accused of killing innocent Americans.

Hold Collins accountable

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“Kavanaugh Stops”

A Kavanaugh stop is a term used to describe immigration enforcement stops in the United States in which federal agents may briefly detain individuals based on reasonable suspicion that may include a combination of factors such as perceived ethnicity, language, location, and occupation, along with other contextual indicators.

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The term is associated with Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurrence in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo (2025), in which he stated that although apparent ethnicity alone cannot justify a stop, it may be considered as a “relevant factor” among others in determining reasonable suspicion under the Fourth Amendment. — Wikipedia

TakeAway: Hold Susan Collins accountable for her votes that led to ICE killings.

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