US immigration officials defend ICE agents who shot man in same car as child

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and wounded Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old man from the Dominican Republic, during an attempted arrest in New York's Marble Hill neighborhood while his five-year-old son sat in the vehicle's back seat. Federal officials claim Belgal accelerated his car toward officers after refusing commands to exit, forcing agents to open fire in self-defense, though they were unaware a child was present. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized the incident as "unconscionable," noting that agents wore construction vests and face masks that made them difficult to identify as law enforcement.