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Public disputes concerning immigration, border policy, detention, removal proceedings, residence status, and enforcement.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: October 9, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: October 9, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: October 9, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: October 9, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: October 9, 2026
Role at the time: Congressional candidate describing her experience at the Marble Hill protest
Statement summary
Chevalier calls for Tisch to step down, citing her account of police violence and Tisch's explanation of the shooting.
“The NYPD’s Strategic Response Group must be disbanded as quickly as possible, and Commissioner Tisch must step down.”
Chevalier describes her experience at the protest and calls for Tisch to step down and for ICE to be abolished.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The reference is Mamdani's continued retention of Tisch. Chevalier rejects her continued leadership through an unconditional resignation demand.
Role at the time: Democratic nominee for U.S. House in New York's 13th district, who went to the scene, speaking to New York Magazine
Statement summary
Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for Congress in New York's 13th district, told New York Magazine that if the shooting followed a targeted arrest, the agents would have known who they were arresting, that he was a father, where he was going and who might be with him, and that he would be driving through a busy public space. She said this shows that "these people" are cruel and do not care about the impact on the community. New York Magazine reported she was answering DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin's claim that officers did not know a child was in the car.
“If this was a targeted arrest, then they would have known who they were arresting ... They would have known that he was a father; they would have known where he was going and who might be with him. They would have known that, at the time he was driving there, it would be a very public space. It would have been a time of people passing by who are coming from home and school. It just shows that these people are not only cruel, they're also idiots. They're idiots who do not care what the impact is on our community.”
New York Magazine Intelligencer interview of October 9, 2026 with the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th district, who went to the scene of the shooting.
The reference point is whether the ICE officer was justified in shooting the man in the car. Avila Chevalier answers the claim that the officers did not know a child was in the car by saying a targeted arrest means they would have known he was a father and who might be with him, and says these people are cruel and do not care about the community, which rejects the shooting as unjustified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, because she disputes DHS's account of what the officers knew; she also states a verdict on the agents' conduct, so it loses.
