Trump, Mamdani Fail to Free 28-Year-Old ICE Shooting Victim After 2-Hour Call
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Updated · CNN · Oct 9
Trump, Mamdani Fail to Free 28-Year-Old ICE Shooting Victim After 2-Hour Call
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Oct 9
Summary
A 28-year-old undocumented immigrant shot in the neck by ICE agents in the Bronx remained in federal custody after hours of calls between Donald Trump, Zohran Mamdani and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
The talks collapsed over custody: Trump and Mullin said they would release Oscar Belgal only to the NYPD, while Mamdani refused to have city police detain him without a warrant.
DHS said Belgal has Trinitarios gang ties, a grand larceny conviction and prior arrests, and linked him to an investigation into the shooting of a Customs and Border Protection agent.
The shooting drew protesters into skirmishes with police and sharpened a public clash, with Mamdani calling ICE "rotten to its core" and Mullin blaming New York's sanctuary policies.
The standoff tests Mamdani's strategy of working directly with Trump even as ICE expands in New York, where a late-July to late-August operation produced more than 2,100 arrests.