DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin went on Fox News Sunday and absolutely unloaded on New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the rest of the sanctuary city crowd after an ICE agent shot a criminal alien during a pursuit in New York City. Host Shannon Bream gave him the floor, and he used every inch of it.
Hochul had demanded that Mullin issue an order preventing ICE agents from firing into vehicles. Mullin had a better idea: maybe start by explaining why their sanctuary policies let these guys roam free in the first place. He pointed out that when an NYPD officer was stabbed seven times in the Bronx just last week, the Governor, the Mayor, and the whole sanctuary politician brigade didn’t say a single word. No press conference, no protest, nothing.
For more on the ICE shooting in New York, the full exchange lays out exactly how these politicians pick and choose their outrage depending on who the victim is.
Then Mullin read out the rap sheet of Oscar Belgal, the illegal alien at the center of the shooting. Belgal had been in the country just three years and somehow managed to rack up four felony robbery charges, two assault charges, felony larceny, misdemeanor assault, weapons possession, larceny, possession of stolen property, two felony drug charges, and a strong gang affiliation. Oh, and ICE had already put a detainer on him, which was cheerfully ignored so he could be released back onto the streets.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says President Trump stayed cordial with Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani during their 2-hour phone call, even as the Ugandan national was completely UNREASONABLE and DEMANDED ICE release this highly dangerous illegal alien back onto the street.
“The governor, I’ve got to be frank here… was being somewhat respectful and reasonable… The mayor was being cordial, but unrealistic. The fact that they wanted to release this individual back on the streets is absurd.”
“President Trump was very cordial. He was very nice. He said, listen, NYPD, they’re the finest. If you guys want to take custody of him, then we’ll be happy to give you custody of him while the investigation is going.”
“Let me explain what he’s on probation for. Four robbery charges, two charges of felony assault, felony larceny, weapons assault, weapons possession, misdemeanor larceny, possession of stolen property, and two felony charges of dangerous drugs, all in three years.”
“And that’s how long he’s been in the country. And the president’s like, he’s got probation violations. New York PD can obviously pick him up, hold him. If you’re willing to do that, we’ll release him to your custody, to which the mayor refused to do that.”
“They said they wanted him fully released and back on the streets. And we can’t do that. President Trump said we were going to go after the worst of the worst and restore law and order, even when these sanctuary politicians won’t.”
Mamdani should be DEPORTED as well!
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) October 9, 2026
They are out there protesting for this guy, and he’s only been in the country for three years, and he has this extensive background, and they were all three released by the Biden administration,” Mullin said. That last part is worth letting sink in. Biden’s crew cut these guys loose, and now Hochul is mad that ICE came to clean up the mess.
Mullin made clear his agency isn’t in the business of writing laws. “We don’t make the laws. We simply enforce the laws. We don’t pick and choose, but we are out there every single day trying to keep criminals off our streets that sanctuary states and sanctuary cities release,” he said. Congress passed the laws, ICE enforces them, and somehow that’s the controversial part.
Mullin also confirmed that DHS will cooperate with the investigation into the shooting incident. The investigation will move forward, and New York’s sanctuary politicians will keep doing what they do best: holding press conferences for criminals and staying quiet about the cops who get stabbed protecting the same neighborhoods they’ve made dangerous. Funny how that works.
