21-07-2025
Noem gives update on border agent shooting
Both illegal immigrants involved in shooting an off-duty border agent in the face on Saturday are now in custody. One was detained when he sought medical attention for his own injuries over the weekend.
And the second migrant involved in the crime is now detained, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed during a Monday morning press conference on the horrific attack. The agent who was shot was able to use his sidearm service weapon to strike one of his two attackers – both of whom have a criminal record and are in the U.S. illegally.
'There's absolutely zero reason that someone who is scum of the earth like this should be running loose on the streets of New York City ,' Noem said. Noem said that she visited with the 42-year-old federal agent on Monday morning and his family.
'What we'll do in a city like this is we'll double down,' Noem said in her briefing alongside border czar Tom Homan and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott. 'We'll put more agents here, we'll put more personnel here, we'll give them more equipment, more training for situations where they might have to go into a dangerous neighborhood where local law enforcement won't be there to have their backs.'
Trump's top three immigrant officials said they plan to make sure sanctuary cities are a priority for the administration. 'Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. Hard stop,' Homan said during Monday morning's press conference.
'We are going to flood the zone,' he vowed. 'What we're going to do – put more agents in New York City to look for that bad guy. So sanctuary cities get exactly what they don't want – more agents in the community.' The agent shot in the Saturday night attack was sitting on a rock in Fort Washington Park, Manhattan with a female friend just before midnight.
The victim was approached by two men on a moped attempting to rob him. One took out a gun after a brief interaction and fired at the agent. He was struck in the face and left forearm.
The agent took out his gun, which was his federal service weapon, and shot at the men. His bullet struck Dominican national Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, who has been illegally living in the U.S. since 2023.
