Trump pins blame on Biden for recent shooting of Border Patrol agent

President Donald Trump is placing some of the blame for the recent shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent on former President Joe Biden. 

According to Breitbart, Trump says that it was Biden’s administration that released the illegal alien responsible for the shooting.

First, we’ll take a look at what happened, and then we’ll look at the president’s response.

UPDATE: footage shows two assailants, one an illegal alien with criminal charges, ambushing and shooting a @CBP officer yesterday in New York City. pic.twitter.com/m4BHRjhXpD

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 20, 2025

Here’s what happened:

Fox News reports that an off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was recently shot in the face during an attempted robbery. The incident happened in New York City over the weekend.

Per the outlet:

Video released by DHS showed two suspects ride up to the officer on a motorized scooter in Riverside Park. According to police, Nunez then got off the scooter and approached the officer while he was sitting and speaking to someone near a body of water. The officer has not yet been identified. The officer, who was not in uniform, pulled out a gun to protect himself . . .

It was at this point that a shootout began.

Fox News further reports, “The agent was hit in the face and forearm and transported to a hospital.”

The agent is reported to be in stable condition, and he is expected to survive.

Trump weighs in

The president released a message on Truth Social in which he made it clear that he is pinning some of the blame for the shooting on Biden.

Trump wrote:

Last night, in New York City, an incredible CBP Officer was shot in the face by an Illegal Alien Monster freed into the Country under Joe Biden. He was apprehended at the Border in April 2023 but, instead of being deported, was RELEASED. The CBP Officer bravely fought off his attacker, despite his wounds, demonstrating enormous Skill and Courage. The Democrats have flooded our Nation with Criminal Invaders, and now, they must all be thrown out or, in some cases, immediately prosecuted in that we cannot take a chance that they are able to come back. That’s how evil and dangerous they are!

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has revealed that the suspect, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, is a citizen of the Dominican Republic.

She has further stated that the suspect illegally re-entered the United States in April 2023 and that, after he was apprehended, he was actually released by the Biden administration.

Lastly, Noem revealed, “This criminal has a criminal warrant in Massachusetts for kidnapping and had been charged with a series of offenses,” making the scenario all the more intolerable for those who believe in law and order.