‘Abolish ICE’: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani demands end to enforcement operations after shooting sparks protests

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has demanded an end to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE operations in the city after an agent shot and wounded a man in Marble Hill triggering protests outside a hospital where the injured man was being treatedIn a post on X on Thursday Mamdani said preliminary reports indicated that ICE agents had surrounded a man and a fiveyearold child inside a car before firing multiple rounds The child was believed to be physically unharmedMamdani condemns shooting calls for ICE withdrawalHe said This afternoon in Marble Hill a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5yearold child in his car before firing multiple rounds We believe the child was physically unharmedThis afternoon in Marble Hill a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5yearold child in his car before firing multiple rounds We believe the child was physically unharmed This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation I have called the President when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight We are praying for his recovery Get ICE out of our neighborhoods Get ICE out of our hospitals Get ICE off our streets Get ICE away from our children Abolish ICEmdash Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani NYCMayor October 8 2026This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation I have called the President when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight We are praying for his recovery Mamdani addedCalling for ICE to leave the city the mayor said Get ICE out of our neighborhoods Get ICE out of our hospitals Get ICE off our streets Get ICE away from our childrenHe concluded his post with the words Abolish ICEProtesters clash with police outside hospitalAccording to the New York Post around 300 antiICE protesters gathered outside NewYorkPresbyterian Allen Hospital on Thursday night Demonstrators demanded the removal of federal immigration agents from city streetsProtesters chanted From Palestine to Mexico all these walls have got to goWe want ICE off our streets No justice no peace the protesters also chanted according to the newspaperThe report said NYPD officers used barricades to control the gathering Some demonstrators pushed against a barrier triggering a brief struggle during which at least one protester was arrestedDHS describes operation as targeted enforcementThe injured man a 28yearold Dominican Republic national was receiving hospital treatment after being shot in the neck the New York Post reported Authorities said the shooting occurred during what the Department of Homeland Security DHS described as a targeted enforcement operationICE said officers were attempting to arrest a Dominican national with a prior grand larceny conviction and multiple previous arrests The agency also alleged that he had links to the Trinitarios gangDuring the incident an ICE officer discharged his weapon and the criminal illegal alien was injured ICE said adding that officers immediately rendered aidThe individual is alive and at a local hospital The FBI and HSI are on the scene The incident remains under investigation More information will be shared as it becomes available the agency addedICE defends enforcement policiesICE criticised sanctuary policies arguing that the release of individuals it considers dangerous creates risks for officers and the publicWhen dangerous illegal aliens are released back onto the streets by radical sanctuary politicians our officers are forced to make arrests at large in the community in unpredictable and dangerous environments the agency saidOur officers should not have to risk their lives and innocent Americans should not have to face unnecessary danger because sanctuary politicians refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement it addedWith inputs from ANI