A 28-year-old Mexican national was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Georgia on Tuesday, marking the second fatal shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel in less than a week.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, from San Luis de la Paz in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, had entered the United States on a tourist visa to visit family and friends in Atlanta.
Reports indicate he was attempting to flee when the agent opened fire.
The incident has drawn immediate attention to the circumstances surrounding the use of lethal force by federal agents against individuals who entered the country legally for temporary stays.
This event follows a separate fatal shooting in Maine on Sunday, where an ICE agent killed an individual during an enforcement action.
The rapid succession of two deaths involving federal immigration officers has heightened tensions regarding border and interior enforcement policies.