New YorkFederal immigration agents shot a driver with his son, 5, aboard.
Federal immigration officers have shot at least 22 people since January 2025, killing 7.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin answered Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s condemnation by blaming sanctuary rules that limit city help to immigration authorities.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Belgal drove at officers, but video has contradicted the agency’s initial accounts in other shootings.
Legal Aid has urged city prosecutors to investigate the agents involved.
How each outlet framed it
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- Investing.com leans critical
- gives DHS Secretary Mullin's claim that officers did not know a child was in the car, and the 21-shootings-since-2025 count
- Bloomberg Business leans critical
- New York Post leans critical
- builds the case against Belgal from a former neighbour's machete account and Trinitarios gang ties, and frames Mamdani's 'New Yorker' remark as outrageous
Sources: Investing.com, Bloomberg Business, New York Post