Trump Admin Slams Mamdani, Hochul Over Immigration Status of East Side Subway Shoving Suspect

The Trump administration on Thursday levied attacks at Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul over the immigration status of a repeatedly deported Honduran man now accused of shoving two straphangers from a subway platform onto the tracks below.

ICE asked unspecified law enforcement agencies to detain Bairon Hernandez, who is already in jail and was charged with first-degree assault on Wednesday in connection with the incident on Sunday at the Lexington Ave.-63rd St. station, according to ​spokespeople for the Department of Homeland Security.

The attack left 83-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Williams clinging to life with critical head injuries.

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Lauren Bis, the deputy assistant secretary at DHS, in a statement said Hernandez had been deported from the U.S. four times. He was previously convicted of entering the country illegally and then reentering after he had been deported.

“Bairon Posada-(Hernandez) is a serial criminal, and four-time deported illegal alien from Honduras who should never have been able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans,” Bis said. “DHS is calling upon New York sanctuary politicians to commit to this ICE detainer and not release this heinous criminal back into New York communities.”

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The press release went on to levy criticisms against Mamdani and Hochul for their support of sanctuary policies that prohibit local authorities from aiding ICE in some circumstances.

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