Politics
DHS says ICE operations will continue in New York after federal shooting
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin rejected Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s call to halt ICE activity after federal agents fired into a car carrying a 5-year-old child and wounded a 28-year-old man. The decision leaves the mayor’s appeal to President Donald Trump unanswered and has sharpened tensions around the shooting and a protest in the neighborhood.
NEW YORK — The Trump administration will not suspend Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in New York City following a shooting by federal immigration officers, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday, rejecting Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s request for a pause.
The shooting happened in daylight. Masked ICE agents fired into a car carrying a 5-year-old boy, and a 28-year-old man was shot in the neck, according to Mamdani’s account. The mayor said he spoke with President Donald Trump hours later to call for ICE operations in the city to stop and for the man to be released. Neither request had been granted by Friday.
“We’re not putting a pause on enforcement,” Mullin said at a news conference. He criticized Mamdani, accusing the mayor of putting “criminals over law-abiding citizens.”
The standoff tests Mamdani’s effort to maintain a working relationship with Trump while responding to a high-profile use of force by federal officers in the city. It also comes amid tensions between some of the mayor’s left-wing allies and police: protesters gathered in the residential neighborhood where the shooting occurred, and a chaotic demonstration there led to clashes with the NYPD.
The available details do not identify the wounded man or explain the circumstances that led officers to fire. The administration’s decision means federal immigration enforcement will continue in the city as questions remain about the shooting and the mayor’s demands.