A chilling video showing a group of unlawful migrants attacking two New York police officers last Saturday has led to Gov. Kathy Hochul suggesting the culprits should be deported.
“If someone commits a crime against a police officer in the state of New York and they’re not here legally, [deportation is] definitely worth checking into,” she said, per the New York Post. “These are law enforcement officers who should never under any circumstances be subjected to physical assault. It’s wrong on all accounts, and I’m looking to judges and prosecutors to do the right thing.”
Four of the eight suspects were arrested Saturday only to be released from jail without posting bail under New York City policies.
The release has drawn condemnation from NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.
“You saw the video,” Chell said. “You have eight people attacking a lieutenant and a cop. Running up to them and trying to kick them in the face,” Chell said. “The four that were arrested should be sitting at Rikers [Island] right now on bail. … You want to know why our cops are getting assaulted? There are no consequences.
The president of the Police Benevolent Association, Patrick Hendry, said in a social media post that attacks on law enforcement officers have become an “epidemic.”
“And the reason is a revolving door we’re seeing in cases like this one,” he added. “It is impossible for police officers to deal effectively with crime and disorder if the justice system can’t or won’t protect us while we do that work.”
The recent surge in migrants in New York is a result of rampant unlawful migration across the southern border that has left southern states such as Texas grappling with millions of individuals in the last several years. Texas, through a state policy called Operation Lone Star, regularly buses border-crossers to sanctuary cities, including New York. Gov. Greg Abbott claims the state has sent more than 37,500 people to the Big Apple.
In January, students at a New York City school were forced to transition to online learning after the campus was tabbed for temporary housing for the overwhelming number of unlawful migrants the city is housing, according to The Dallas Express.
A recent letter signed by the mayors of five of the largest sanctuary cities highlights the economic impact of unchecked border crossing. According to the letter, New York has spent $1.7 billion caring for unlawful migrants. As reported by The Dallas Express, the letter asked the Biden administration for federal funding and changes in law to manage the crisis, including efforts to “disperse” the migrants to other parts of the country.
“We encourage the administration to work with nonprofit partners to coordinate the location and geographic movement of recent arrivals at the southern border, to include the placement of regional coordinators in major cities to help ensure that recent immigrants arrive where sufficient capacity exists,” read the letter.
