Mamdani Demands Trump End ICE Operations in New York After Shooting

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the site where a man was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an operation in the Bronx, on Oct.

8, 2026. —Ryan Murphy—Getty Images New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants President Donald Trump to put an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement ’s operations in the city after an agent-involved shooting injured one person on Thursday.

“This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation,” Mamdani said in a statement Thursday evening.

“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.” New York police said that around 4 p.m., federal agents got involved in a shooting and injured a man in the city’s Marble Hill residential section.

The police’s afternoon statement said the shooting victim was conscious and receiving medical attention in a nearby hospital.

But at a press conference Thursday evening before furious protesters, Mamdani said that after his two-hour conversation with Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin , he has failed to negotiate the release of the shooting victim.

The response to the shooting incident tests Mamdani’s charm offensive with the President, who appears unlikely to budge on his immigration agenda despite previous friendliness with the Democratic mayor.

Despite wide ideological differences, Trump and Mamdani have had a cordial relationship.

Mamdani, however, remains just as firm on his own side of the issue.

A steadfast critic of ICE operations, he has backed calls to abolish the agency.

“I have said this directly—whether to the President or to the public—ICE undermines public safety,” he said.

The White House pointed TIME to the Department of Homeland Security’s statement, which attacked New York’s “ sanctuary politicians ” that limit cooperation with federal agents.

“When 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,” DHS posted on social media .