Mamdani demands an end to ICE

Trump administration rejects Mamdani demand to freeze ICE after Bronx shooting

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pressed President Trump to halt ICE operations and free a shot illegal immigrant after a Bronx arrest, and Homeland Security shut the door.

Federal immigration officers wounded a 28-year-old Dominican national during a targeted arrest in New York City’s Marble Hill section of the Bronx, then faced an immediate political push from City Hall to stand down.

Hours after the shooting, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had spoken with President Donald Trump and demanded an end to ICE enforcement in the city plus the man’s release. Neither demand was met.

Politico reported that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin answered the mayor at a Friday press conference by rejecting any freeze and blaming local priorities that put offenders ahead of residents.

A five-year-old boy was in the car when agents fired. The child was unharmed. The 28-year-old man was shot in the neck and later held in federal custody.

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In a two-page order, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken, an Obama appointee, ruled that the man — whom police identified as Oscar Belgal but who was named in a court document as Oscar Bergal — cannot be removed from the United States without a court order while his petition challenging his detention remains pending.