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Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan stopped by Fox & Friends Monday morning to react to the horrific story of an illegal immigrant allegedly setting a woman on fire and killing her in the New York City subway — and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s subway safety post on X shortly after.
“Governor Hochul, shame on you. There’s nothing you can say that’s going to make this right in New York,” Homan said as he slammed Hochul for supporting sanctuary status in the Empire State.
“Here’s another example of an illegal alien killing an American citizen. It’s almost a daily occurrence now, because a historic number of criminal aliens are walking the streets, because of this administration’s policy in sanctuary jurisdictions and lax immigration enforcement,” he said.
“ICE has their hands tied,” he continued. “Secretary Mayokas has given them priorities so they can’t even go arrest illegal aliens anymore unless they’re convicted of a serious crime, then maybe they can arrest them, so this is on this administration.”
Hochul celebrated subway safety in an X post shortly following the story of the murder.
“In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day,” Hochul’s post read. “Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up,” she wrote.
In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day.
Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up. pic.twitter.com/T7uRxx9nIO
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) December 22, 2024
Hochul shared info on the subway killing in a later post on X.
“A suspect is now in custody for the horrific incident on the F train. Our brand-new security cameras helped law enforcement find the suspect and arrest him. Grateful to @NYPDnews and @mtapd for their aggressive response.”
Make no mistake: any crime is one too many, even with subway crime going down.
We are continuing to surge personnel and resources to make our subways safer.
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) December 22, 2024
Sources identified the person of interest as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta. While not identifying the suspect, a high-level NYPD source told Fox News Digital he illegally entered the U.S. from Guatemala during Trump’s first term in 2018.
More over at Fox News:
Trump border czar blasts NY governor for touting subway safety hours after horrific murder: ‘Shame on you’ https://t.co/YbfiC8u26b
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 23, 2024