Secretary Noem Hosts Press Conference on Shooting of Off-Duty CBP Officer in New York, Aug. 4, 2025
August 4, 2025 · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · 0:36:36
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What happened
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stated that an off-duty CBP officer was attacked on a Saturday evening by two individuals set on robbing him and his friend, and that the officer, carrying his service weapon, defended himself and wounded one attacker. She attributed the attack, as she stated it, to sanctuary-city policies and the policies of the prior administration.
Noem named the wounded suspect as Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a Dominican national she stated entered the country illegally in 2023 and was released by the prior administration, and described a lengthy arrest record including a grand-larceny charge, as she stated it. Border czar Tom Homan, speaking at the event, praised ICE and Border Patrol personnel as finally doing the job they took an oath to do, as he put it, and CBP field-operations leadership described the support shown to the New York field office in the days after the shooting.
Why it matters
The New York press conference converts a single street robbery and shooting into the department’s case against sanctuary policies, with the suspect’s immigration history stated as the central fact.
Scoreboard watch
Scoreboard candidate: the suspect’s identity, 2023 illegal entry and release, as the Secretary stated them. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no verdict given here.
Sources: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Secretary Noem Hosts Press Conference on Shooting of Off-Duty CBP Officer in New York, Aug. 4, 2025”, New York, 2025-08-04 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-08-04). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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