opened fire on a Dominican man<\/a> whom they were trying to arrest in New York because they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.<\/p>\nMarcos Charles made the comments alongside U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and other immigration officials during a news conference in Washington meant to \u201chighlight the dangerous consequences of sanctuary city policies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old man, whom New York City police identified as Oscar Belgal, was shot in the neck Thursday as he drove his car with a 5-year-old boy inside, officials said.<\/p>\n
ICE agents didn’t know the child was in the car, but Belgal \u201cwas aware\u201d and chose to evade officers, Mullin said.<\/p>\n
Belgal was shot \u201csuperficially\u201d in the neck as ICE officers attempted to arrest him, Charles said.<\/p>\n
ICE had issued a detainer on Belgal and that he runs with a gang known for thefts using weapons and mopeds, he said. Officers used vehicles to block him in as he attempted to drive off. Instead, Charles said, he accelerated his vehicle toward officers, smashing some of their vehicles.<\/p>\n
Protesters and local officials decried the shooting as an example of the dangers of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n
Video below: “No explanation”: New York Mayor Mamdani addresses reporters after ICE shooting<\/p>\n
Much of Mullin\u2019s remarks were reserved for excoriating New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his immigration policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cSanctuary politicians, they create an environment for criminal activity to thrive, not for the American citizens to be safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mullin said ICE has requested more than 14,000 detainers in the state of New York for individuals in local custody that they\u2019re seeking to deport.<\/p>\n
\u201cSilence. Absolute silence is what we have gotten back,\u201d he said. \u201cWhy would they release these individuals back onto the streets?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re enforcing our nation\u2019s laws. We\u2019re not picking and choosing,\u201d Mullin continued. \u201cWhy is that controversial? We should all want law and order on our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man whom they were trying to arrest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[136230,101,136229,2700,17989,136222,136232,136219,136220,9197,33710,9490,2035,44012,136221,9198,35930,66758,82137,136223,136226,64127,88559,136233,9,92880,24,11,26548,136231,10,26487,2714,22879,136224,136227,4618,28208,33558,136225,17102,136228,655,954,6648],"class_list":["post-368924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-5-year-old-boy","tag-arrest","tag-arrest-attempt","tag-car","tag-danger","tag-dangerous-consequences","tag-detainer","tag-dominican-man","tag-donald-no","tag-federal-agents","tag-federal-immigration-officers","tag-homeland-security","tag-ice","tag-ice-agent","tag-ice-official","tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-immigration-crackdown","tag-immigration-officials","tag-individual","tag-lives-in-danger","tag-marcos-charles","tag-markwayne-mullin","tag-mullin","tag-neck-thursday","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-arrest","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-man","tag-new-york-mayor-mamdani","tag-new-york-news","tag-news-conference","tag-officer","tag-officer-shooting","tag-opened-fire","tag-oscar-belgal","tag-press-conference","tag-sanctuary-city","tag-sanctuary-city-policies","tag-senior-official","tag-shnd","tag-targeted-enforcement-operation","tag-trump-administration","tag-vehicle","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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