Georgia Teacher Linda Davis Killed After ICE Pursuit of Deportation Target Raises Questions Over Chase Policies
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On Feb. 16 in the Savannah area, Linda Davis, a beloved special‑education teacher at Herman W. Hesse K‑8 School, was killed when a vehicle driven by 38‑year‑old Guatemalan national Oscar Vasquez Lopez — whom ICE says is in the U.S. illegally under a 2024 removal order with no other criminal history — fled an attempted ICE stop, made a U‑turn, ran a red light and crashed less than half a mile from the school. The crash has prompted local and national scrutiny of ICE pursuit practices — ICE says agents “followed” rather than chased and DHS blamed “politicians and the media,” while local officials and law‑enforcement scholars questioned federal discretion near schools amid broader calls to limit high‑speed pursuits and note that ICE’s 2012 guidance leaves chase decisions to agents while CBP adopted stricter rules in 2023.
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