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Judge halts deportation of man shot by ICE agent in Manhattan

Ali Bauman's report pairs the court ruling with bodycam footage, protest scenes and a look at enforcement operations from New Jersey to Oregon.

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CBS Evening News Story of October 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 273,306 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (11,211).

Protests erupt in NYC over ICE shooting of man driving with 5-year-old child in backseat

A judge has stepped in. A federal court in New York has barred the government from deporting Oscar Bergal, the man shot by an ICE agent in Manhattan. Ali Bauman's report for CBS Evening News places that ruling inside a wider picture of protest and unease.

Jericka Duncan introduces the piece. Bauman, reporting from the Bronx, then describes growing anxiety as immigration enforcement surges in so-called sanctuary cities. Footage from Manhattan shows demonstrators marching with signs demanding justice for Bergal. Surveillance and police bodycam video show agents approaching his SUV, the vehicle speeding away, and Bergal lying wounded beside his car afterward.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin gives the government's account at a briefing: "Oscar chose to accelerate at a high rate of speed and ram two different vehicles." Bauman then widens the frame to other recent operations. One is an arrest in Harrison, New Jersey, recorded with children crying nearby. Another is in Oregon, where PCUN executive director Reyna Lopez says 31 farmworkers were detained. The report closes on Bergal's deportation status and on contact between New York's governor and Donald Trump about his family.

The short drew roughly 270,000 views in its first day, far beyond the usual start for the channel's Shorts. Its comment section ran about eighteen times busier than usual, with much of the discussion centered on the judge's ruling.

Two other reports from the same weekend broadcast also ran well ahead of a typical first day. Kamal Afzali covered Ukraine's refusal to stop striking Russian oil facilities amid a diesel fuel deal with the U.S., and Akiko Fujita examined Hollywood jobs lost to consolidation and to productions leaving California. Bauman's New York report drew the largest audience of the three.

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