Judge Bars 28-Year-Old Oscar Belgal's Deportation After ICE Agent Fired 7 Shots
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Updated · WABC-TV · Oct 9
Judge Bars 28-Year-Old Oscar Belgal's Deportation After ICE Agent Fired 7 Shots
3 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Oct 9
Summary
A federal judge on Friday barred the government from deporting Oscar Belgal after ICE agents shot the 28-year-old in Manhattan during an attempted arrest.
Seven shots were fired by a single ICE agent, NYPD commanders said; body-camera video showed Belgal conscious, handcuffed and surrounded by plainclothes agents before officers rushed him to a hospital.
DHS said agents feared for their lives after Belgal accelerated his car and hit two vehicles, while advocates said he still has a bullet in his body and called the shooting unlawful.
Belgal's 5-year-old son, who was in the backseat, was not injured; Belgal was discharged Thursday night, taken to New Jersey by ICE and later booked into MDC-Brooklyn.
The case has widened scrutiny of ICE tactics in New York, with Gov. Kathy Hochul urging a pause in the agency's operations in the state.