DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin went off on CBS’s Margaret during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” for attacking ICE agents who pursued and shot a criminal alien in New York City.

Instead of blaming the illegal alien for endangering his own child, Margaret Brennan blamed ICE agents.

Protests erupted in the Bronx on Thursday evening after an ICE agent shot and wounded an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic in Marble Hill.

Video posted to social media shows anti-ICE activists blocking federal vehicles and confronting ICE agents after the officer-involved shooting.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed an ICE agent shot the criminal alien gang member identified as Oscar Belgal.

“On October 8, at approximately 4:00 PM ET, ICE officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx, New York, to arrest a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic with a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny, and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession. He has associations to the Trinitarios gang, the same gang who brutally shot a CBP officer last year,” DHS said.

“This criminal illegal alien was arrested by the NYPD on December 7, 2023, but was released into the community a few days later by reckless Democrat sanctuary policies that put American lives at risk,” they said.

Oscar Belgal’s five-year-old child was in the car at the time of the ICE-involved shooting.

Margaret Brennan blamed the ICE agents even though Oscar Belgal accelerated his vehicle and rammed two vehicles before targeting officers.

“How come those officers didn’t notice that a child was put in that car?” Margaret Brennan asked Mullin.

Mullin went off on Margaret Brennan.

“You know who did know the kid was in the vehicle? Oscar! As a father of six kids, no way I ever put my kids in danger,” Mullin said.

“I would’ve gotten out of my vehicle to protect my child. No way I would’ve been selfish enough. He absolutely was selfish enough to put his child in danger! He’s the one who decided to accelerate towards officers. That tells you the type of character Oscar is!” Mullin said.

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