Democratic socialist House nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier dismissed an illegal immigrant’s criminal record as irrelevant after he was shot during an ICE operation in New York City. Speaking with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, Chevalier accused the NYPD of “villainizing” Oscar Belgal. She also demanded that federal authorities release him. She ended the interview with a expletive-laced call to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Chevalier is the Democratic nominee for New York’s 13th Congressional District. The district covers Upper Manhattan and part of the Bronx. Her comments came after ICE agents shot Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican national, in the neck during an operation in the Marble Hill neighborhood on October 8th. At least one officer fired seven rounds after Belgal began driving away from the agents, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
