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New York protests after ICE officer shoots Dominican man in the Bronx

New York protests after ICE officer shoots Dominican man in the Bronx

Oscar Bergal, a 28-year-old Dominican man, was wounded in the neck during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in New York’s Bronx borough.

A five-year-old child who was in Bergal’s car was not hurt.

Hundreds of people protested in Manhattan, chanting against ICE and in support of immigrants.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for ICE to be abolished and said he would ask President Donald Trump to withdraw immigration agents from the city.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin condemned Mamdani’s words and said Bergal had a criminal history and was trying to evade arrest.

An ICE official said Bergal refused orders to leave his car and drove it toward officers; video showed agents approaching the car with guns drawn, but the accounts do not establish all details of the shooting.

New York limits its police from helping enforce federal immigration laws, and the incident could strain the relationship between Mamdani and Trump.

What people are saying

Abolish ICE
Zohran MamdaniNew York mayorvia Straits Times
dangerous and incite hostility
Markwayne MullinUS Homeland Security secretaryvia Straits Times
Mayor, if you abolish ICE, who’s going to take criminals off the streets of your own town?
Markwayne MullinUS Homeland Security secretaryvia Straits Times
refused lawful orders to exit his vehicle
Marcos CharlesSenior ICE officialvia Straits Times

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