New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has remained silent almost two days after an off-duty Border Patrol officer was shot in the face, allegedly by a previously deported illegal immigrant in his city.

Mamdani’s social media posts and website show no public statement on the matter, which has become national news and sparked a broader discussion of President Joe Biden’s border policies and criticism of sanctuary cities.

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s campaign for comment but did not immediately hear back. 

According to police, the suspect, Dominican national Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, was seen on video getting off a scooter before approaching the officer while he was sitting and speaking to someone near a body of water. The officer has not yet been identified. 

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The officer, who was not in uniform, pulled out a gun to protect himself, and a shootout ensued.

The agent was hit in the face and forearm and transported to a hospital, where he is currently in stable condition. He is expected to survive.

Nunez was shot in the leg and groin during the shootout, police said. He was dropped off at a hospital in the Bronx, according to authorities.

«Sanctuary politicians must condemn this violence and put the safety and security of our citizens first. Make no mistake: these criminal illegal aliens pulled the trigger, but Zohran Mamdani, and other sanctuary politicians in this country have blood on their hands,» Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

«Secretary Noem is calling on every politician at every level of government to abandon these reckless, lawless policies and stop playing Russian roulette with American lives. DHS will continue to flood the zone in sanctuary cities and remove these criminals one by one,» she added.

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Mamdani briefly speaks with reporters as he leaves the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 16, 2025, in Washington. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

DHS also told Fox News that Nunez has an active warrant for kidnapping in the state of Massachusetts, in addition to prior felony arrests.

«We were able to bring the second individual in and have detained him as well, and he will face consequences and hopefully strong prosecution for his crimes and his involvement on Saturday night,» Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Monday.

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President Donald Trump weighed in on the shooting Sunday afternoon, writing that «an incredible CBP Officer was shot in the face by an Illegal Alien Monster freed into the Country under Joe Biden.»

Mamdani has been widely criticized for his previous calls to defund the police and his stated opposition to working with Trump to deport illegal immigrants if he is elected mayor in November.

Mamdani said in June after winning the primary race that he would halt «masked» U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials from «deporting our neighbors.» 

Mamdani speaks during a press conference while campaigning outside a subway station in New York City on April 1, 2025. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

The mayoral hopeful announced on Sunday that he was headed to Uganda «in a personal capacity» to celebrate his marriage to his wife, Rama, with their family and friends.

«I do want to apologize to the haters, because I will be coming back,» he said, adding he would return to New York City «by the end of the month.»

Federal immigration authorities have faced an increase in public scrutiny from Democrats and left-wing activist groups, even to the point of violence. Border Patrol was targeted in an ambush earlier this month at an annex facility in McAllen, Texas, in which a local police officer was hit in the leg, and two Border Patrol personnel were injured. The gunman was killed.

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In addition, 12 individuals are facing charges, including 10 for attempted murder of federal officers, in an Independence Day attack outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, intended to target ICE agents. A police officer was shot in the neck but is expected to recover, and cars were vandalized.

Overall, ICE agents have faced an 830% increase in assaults since this time last year as the Trump administration continues to ramp up deportation and immigration enforcement efforts, according to DHS.

«Rocks, Molotov cocktails, and even gunfire. Our brave ICE agents are facing attacks at a level never seen before in America – an 830% increase. Stand for the homeland. Stand for law and order. Stand with ICE,» Homeland Security posted to X last week.

Fox News Digital reached out to ICE and CBP for comment but did not immediately hear back. 

Fox News Digital’s Bill Melugin contributed to this report. 

In a direct response to President Donald Trump’s 50-day deadline that he issued to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his latest peace deal push, the U.K. on Monday announced a «50-day drive» to better arm Ukraine. 

The call to action was issued by U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey during a virtual meeting with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) on Monday, the British Ministry of Defense announced.

The Defense Ministry did not immediately answer Fox News’ Digital’s questions about what type of commitments Healey wants to see from allied nations in support of Kyiv.

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At the top of the meeting, the British defense secretary said «[Trump] started the clock on a 50-day deadline for Putin to agree to peace or to face crippling economic sanctions. 

«And as members of this UDCG, we need to step up in turn with a 50-day drive to arm Ukraine on the battlefield and to help push Putin to the negotiating table,» he added.

Healey urged nations to utilize the NATO sales agreement announced by Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte last week to more quickly and efficiently arm Ukraine on the battlefield.

President Donald Trump, right, and Mark Rutte, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, July 14, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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While the U.S.-NATO sales agreement is not an unusual deal as Washington, D.C., for decades has sold its arms to NATO allies, the announcement was significant because it signaled a turning point in the U.S.’s continued support for Ukraine, which has remained a question since Trump was re-elected in November.

«We sell arms to allies all the time and if they want to give them to Ukraine then we authorize an export license, and they then transfer the arms to Ukraine,» Mike Ryan, who formally served as deputy assistant secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, told Fox News Digital. «So, the significance is that one, the Europeans are stepping up their support for Ukraine. Two, the American taxpayer is getting a break. Three, Europe is buying more American arms [which is] good for the trade deficit, and four, Ukraine is getting the help it needs.»

Ukrainian and German soldiers are seen training on the Patriot air defense missile system at a military training area in Germany in June 2024. (Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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The Monday meeting will be the fourth time Healey has chaired the defensive group in support of Kyiv, and the third such event that he has done so alongside German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

A major point of discussion is expected to be the quick transfer of Patriot Battery Missiles for Ukraine – five of which Berlin is set to confirm shipment of on Monday following his meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week. 

«Boris and I have agreed to partner in providing critical air defense missiles to Ukraine,» Healey said before announcing a near $54 million defensive pledge to Ukraine, and by extension, Europe’s security.

The announcement is on top of the more than $6 billion in military aid the U.K. has sent Ukraine this year alone.

«This is a critical moment we meet at a critical time, a time for all allies and partners to share the burden, to support Ukraine, both in the fight now and to secure the peace future,» Healey added. 

En las últimas semanas, Rayyan Arkan Dikha, un niño de 11 años que vive en Indonesia y que, según su gobierno local, se hace llamar Dika, ha estado muy presente en las redes sociales, aunque nunca hayas oído su nombre.

Un video suyo bailando en la parte delantera de una embarcación se ha convertido en una sensación en internet y es la razón por la que el “aura farming” se ha convertido en una frase popular.

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El video se ha superpuesto a varias canciones, ha sido imitado por innumerables creadores, comentado por famosos y, más recientemente, ha hecho que Dika sea nombrado embajador turístico de Riau, la provincia de Indonesia donde vive.

Aunque muchos de los videos en los que aparece Dika han acumulado millones de visitas en todo el mundo, su popularidad en Estados Unidos —y la explosión del uso de la expresión “aura farming”— se ha producido a pesar de que se dispone de relativamente poca información sobre él o sobre la carrera en la que compite.

Qué es el ‘aura farming’

Según el sitio web Know Your Meme, la expresión se popularizó en 2024 en gran parte como referencia a personajes de animé y diversos famosos. Generalmente, se refiere a quien hace algo repetitivo para parecer cool y construir, como diría la generación alfa, su aura.

Dika, quien parece tener una calma sobrenatural en la proa de una embarcación delgada, vestido de negro y con gafas de sol, utiliza una serie de movimientos repetitivos en su baile, lo que lo hace encajar perfectamente en el término.

“La danza se me ocurrió a mí”, declaró a la BBC de Indonesia en una entrevista esta semana. “Fue algo espontáneo”.

Ok, pero ¿por qué baila en la parte delantera de una embarcación?

En el video original, que fue publicado en TikTok en enero por un usuario llamado Lensa Rams, Dika participa en un evento en Riau llamado Pacu Jalur, que se traduce aproximadamente como “carrera de barcos”. Forma parte de un festival anual que se remonta a cientos de años atrás, y cada una de las largas embarcaciones tipo canoa que participan en la carrera cuenta, como parte de su numerosa tripulación, con un Tukang Tari que baila y sirve de inspiración a quienes reman.

Dika, que ha participado en estas carreras desde que tenía 9 años, se ha convertido en el rostro de la tradición, pero cada embarcación tiene su propio Tukang Tari, y cada uno aporta un ambiente diferente a la competencia.

Cómo se ha difundido el video tan rápidamente

El video existe desde hace casi un año —el Pacu Jalur se celebra en agosto—, pero su popularidad ha explotado en las últimas semanas, al menos en parte porque el baile es fácil de imitar.

Además de los diversos creadores de Instagram y TikTok que han probado suerte con el baile de Dika, también lo ha hecho Travis Kelce, estrella de la NFL y novio de Taylor Swift, quien comparó sus propios movimientos con los de Dika en un video con más de 13 millones de visitas.

El baile fue recreado en un campo de béisbol por los Party Animals, un primo más ruidoso de los Savannah Bananas, con un TikTok de su interpretación que recibió más de cinco millones de vistas. Incluso Diego Luna, de la selección masculina de fútbol de Estados Unidos, lo utilizó para celebrar un gol en la victoria sobre Guatemala la semana pasada.

¿Recibe algo el niño por toda esta atención?

El martes, el gobierno de Riau, citando el impacto del video y el hecho de que había estado “inspirando a los niños locales a abrazar y preservar sus tradiciones”, nombró a Dika embajador turístico de la provincia, y su gobernador, Abdul Wahid, le concedió una beca de unos 1200 dólares para su educación. Dika también interpretó una versión de su danza junto con el gobernador Wahid y otros funcionarios.

“Estoy muy contento”, dijo Dika en indonesio en un comunicado del gobierno sobre la beca. “Nunca imaginé que conocería al gobernador”.

Lo más probable es que pueda esperar bastante más atención cuando el Pacu Jalur regrese el mes que viene.

(*) Benjamin Hoffman es un editor jefe que escribe, asigna y edita artículos principalmente sobre la intersección entre deporte, estilo de vida y cultura.