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Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and over 100 other state and local officials signed a letter asking private parking lot and garage owners to deny ICE use of their properties as staging areas for enforcement operations. The request follows the shooting of 28-year-old Dominican national Oscar Belgal by immigration officers during an arrest in Marble Hill last week, which sparked protests; officers had reportedly staged nearby in a private lot beforehand. DHS said Belgal had a prior criminal conviction and arrests. City law already bars outside agencies from staging on public property without a judicial warrant, but that rule does not cover private lots. A DHS spokesperson dismissed the letter, saying it would not stop deportation operations.

A pardon from Ohio's governor removes legal restrictions tied to a conviction but does not establish innocence or automatically seal court records, according to a review of state law. The clarification comes as Gov. Mike DeWine's expedited pardon program has reached 323 pardons as of Oct. 6, though that figure does not indicate how many recipients also had their records sealed.

Under Ohio Revised Code Section 2967.04, an unconditional pardon relieves legal disabilities from a conviction but is not a judicial finding of innocence. The governor may separately direct sealing via a written writ under Section 2967.04(C), while pardon recipients can also petition a court for sealing under Section 2953.33, which requires a hearing and prosecutor notice. Access rules differ depending on the sealing route: governor-directed sealing allows broader law enforcement and background-check exceptions, while court-ordered sealing offers narrower access and added protections against being questioned about sealed records. A September 2025 amendment also altered which offense exclusions apply to court-based sealing requests.

U.S. immigration agents shot and wounded a man Thursday afternoon in Marble Hill, Bronx, while a 5-year-old child was present in his car, according to New York City police, eyewitnesses and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani said early reports indicate agents surrounded the man and child before firing multiple rounds, and that the child appeared physically unharmed. He called the incident "unconscionable" and said he would press President Trump to end ICE enforcement actions in the city.

The Department of Homeland Security said ICE officers were conducting a targeted operation to arrest a Dominican national with a prior grand larceny conviction, multiple prior arrests, and alleged gang associations, when an officer discharged his weapon, injuring him; the man is hospitalized and expected to survive. DHS noted he had previously been arrested by NYPD but released under sanctuary policies. The shooting drew roughly 300 protesters to the hospital where he was treated, leading to scuffles with police and barricades. The incident adds to a growing tally of violent encounters involving federal immigration agents under the Trump administration, which has faced criticism over accountability as deportation operations intensify nationwide.

Immigration-related arrests in Oklahoma have increased more than 200% since the start of 2024, according to data reported by Oklahoma Voice via the Deportation Data Project. Since January, roughly 1,800 people have been involved in immigration-related arrests, but fewer than 1 in 5 of this year's arrestees have a criminal conviction, and only five have prior convictions for violent crimes.

Immigration attorney Lorena Rivas said most detainees' only "offense" is being in the country without legal status, which is a civil rather than criminal matter. She said many arrestees are parents, children, and spouses being separated from families rather than public safety threats.

The rise coincides with an expansion of 287(g) agreements, which deputize local and state officers with ICE authority. Such partnerships nationwide grew from 135 at the start of President Trump's second term to 2,485 as of September 2026, with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt a longtime supporter. A DHS spokesperson disputed the figures as "cherry-picked," though the data originates from federal agencies via FOIA requests.