Erie County Dems

Last night, I spoke with the mother of the five-year-old boy who was in the backseat when ICE agents opened fire on his father’s car. Thank God she isn’t planning a funeral for her little boy today. But she told me he’s normally so outgoing and talkative. Now he won’t speak. She was also terrified ICE would come after her family again. I let her know that I’d spoken to President Trump and he confirmed that ICE would not be returning for her family. As a mom, all I wanted to do was give her a hug and tell her this never should have happened to her family.

New Yorkers are outraged tonight. Immigrant communities are terrified. And we are demanding answers. There is still much we don’t know about what happened in Marble Hill. But initial reports indicate ICE agents fired into a vehicle with a five-year-old child inside. Any trained law enforcement officer knows how easily that could have ended in tragedy. By the grace of God, that child appears to have escaped without physical injury. No child should ever have to experience the terror of gunfire, let alone wonder if they’ll make it home alive. As a mother and grandmother, I cannot imagine how frightening those moments must have been. New Yorkers have witnessed far too many acts of violence by a rogue federal agency and untrained agents that operate with impunity. Federal authorities need to provide answers, and they must do so immediately.