Mamdani Brands ICE Rogue Agency After Agent Fired 7 Shots in Manhattan as DHS Rebukes Him
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 12
Mamdani Brands ICE Rogue Agency After Agent Fired 7 Shots in Manhattan as DHS Rebukes Him
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 12
Summary
Zohran Mamdani said ICE was terrorizing New Yorkers and demanded it halt city operations after an agent fired seven shots at 28-year-old Oscar Belgal during a Manhattan arrest attempt.
Thursday's shooting in Marble Hill struck Belgal in the neck below his left ear while his 5-year-old son sat inside the vehicle unharmed, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
DHS defended the officers, said ICE enforces immigration law as written, and accused Mamdani of vilifying agents amid a 1,600% rise in assaults against them.
Belgal, a Dominican national, had a grand larceny conviction and prior arrests, DHS said; a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked his deportation and limited any transfer.
The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations are probing the shooting, extending a clash between New York's sanctuary stance and the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.