The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which runs ICE, confirmed an officer discharged his weapon while attempting to arrest a "criminal illegal alien" on Thursday. The man, later identified as 28-year-old Oscar Belgal, was alive and at a local hospital, officials said.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the ICE officer fired "multiple rounds" into the car with a child inside, calling it an "unconscionable and incredibly serious situation". The BBC has contacted DHS for comment about Mamdani's remarks.
The DHS said Belgal was from the Dominican Republic and had "a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs and weapons possession". It also claimed Belgal was associated with a transnational criminal group.
ICE agents in Trump’s regime are no better than the Gestapo were in Hitler’s regime. This is how low Donald Trump and his mafioso have brought America. This is exactly what happens when the electorate aren’t smart enough to choose wisely the person they wish to lead them. This is what happens when people have no ability when it comes to judging character. America could easily sink into the abyss because of Trump’s maladministration. And if it does so, Americans will have only themselves to blame. — © Mark Alexander
