The "heinous" criminal who allegedly shoved an 83-year-old military veteran onto New York City subway tracks last weekend was deported four times and has racked up 15 prior charges, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Thursday—delivering a brutal reality check about America's broken immigration system that President Trump is now fixing.
DHS officials revealed that illegal alien suspect Bairon Posada-Hernandez is what Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis called a "heinous" and "serial criminal" who should have been permanently removed from American soil years ago. Instead, this predator was free to terrorize innocent Americans thanks to the disastrous policies of the previous administration.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has now issued a detainer request to New York authorities, demanding they not release this dangerous repeat offender. But given New York's sanctuary city policies that protect criminals over citizens, will they comply?
Another Preventable Tragedy
This attack on a military veteran—a man who served our country with honor—represents everything wrong with the Biden-era approach to immigration. While Democrats virtue-signaled about "compassion," dangerous criminals like Posada-Hernandez were free to prey on vulnerable Americans.
"This is exactly why President Trump's mass deportation agenda is so critical," said one immigration expert. "How many more innocent Americans have to suffer before we secure our borders?"
The 83-year-old veteran, whose identity has not been released, survived the horrific attack but represents countless Americans victimized by criminals who should never have been in our country in the first place.
Under the Trump-Vance administration's renewed focus on immigration enforcement, cases like this underscore why the President's "America First" policies aren't just campaign promises—they're life-and-death necessities for protecting American families.
How many more veterans, seniors, and innocent citizens will be attacked before every sanctuary city abandons their reckless policies? This veteran deserved better from the country he served—and President Trump is making sure future attacks like this become impossible.