Governor Calls To Deport Times Square Attackers

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) called for the men who attacked New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in Times Square earlier this week to be deported. The comments came as a sharp contrast with the governor’s earlier statements regarding the large influx of migrants to the state.

Get them all and send them back,” said the governor. “You don’t touch our police officers. You don’t touch anyone,”

The previous day she said that deportation was a possible option for the five men who attacked the officers.

Video surveillance caught the moment that five migrants attacked members of the NYPD.

The incident occurred last weekend in the popular tourist attraction. When asked to move along by the officers, the migrants converged on the officers, kicking two of them in the head and body.

Four of the men were arrested and charged with attacking the officers. However, they were released after the arrest without bail. Three others were arrested after the initial brawl. The men were migrants from Venezuela who arrived last year.

One of the suspects is currently charged with another attack and robbery stemming from a November theft.

The officers suffered minor injuries from the attack.

Conservatives have criticized the state’s bail reform laws, which allow a number of suspects to be released without bail. Critics have alleged that the policy has contributed to a significant increase in crime in New York State and City.

One of the men involved in the attack can be seen giving two middle fingers to reporters when asked about the brawl.

Illegal immigrants who attacked NYPD flip off the media as they walk free with no bail today in New York City.pic.twitter.com/sv7dd01gvb

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 1, 2024

New York City had previously butted heads with the Trump administration over the flow of illegal immigrants into the country. A number of politicians, including Hochul, had made statements supporting migrants.

Overall, the state and city has taken in more than 170,000 migrants in the past two years, with a significant increase in the number of illegal immigrants arriving after President Joe Biden announced the end of the Trump administration’s Title 42 asylum policy.