Fact-check: “Colombian man shot by ICE agent in Maine was in the US illegally”
Verdict: False (78% confidence)
The full picture here is genuinely complicated and cuts both ways. DHS stated that Joan Sebastian Guerrero entered the US illegally through the southern border on September 1, 2023 — so his original entry was undocumented. But by the time he was shot in July 2026, he had been granted a work permit (reportedly in May 2025), was authorized to work in the US, and his father and advocacy groups say he was living here legally. Saying he was 'in the US illegally' at the time of the shooting is mislea…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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