New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that the reported migrants who were recorded on video assaulting two police officers over the weekend in Times Square should be deported.
“Get them all and send them back,” she said in response to a question about the people who have been arrested in connection with the assaults. “You don’t touch our police officers. You don’t touch anybody.”
She made similar remarks Wednesday after a reporter asked her whether the people should be deported.
“I think that’s actually something that should be looked at, I mean, if someone commits a crime against a police officer in the state of New York and they’re not here legally. Definitely worth checking into,” said Hochul, a Democrat.
A police spokesperson told NBC News on Thursday that all of the seven people arrested in the incident so far are migrants, but NBC News has not been able to confirm that or how long they have been in the U.S.
At least two gave police addresses that have been used as shelters for newly arrived migrants. The Manhattan district attorney’s office would not comment on the suspects’ immigration statuses.
About 8:30 p.m. Saturday, officers tried to disperse a disorderly group on 42nd Street when a physical altercation broke out, a police spokesperson said.
When officers tried to arrest a person, “multiple unidentified individuals repeatedly kicked and punched the officers in the head and body,” the spokesperson said.
The people then ran away, police said, adding that the officers sustained minor injuries.
John Chell, the chief of patrol, condemned the assaults and called the culprits “cowards.” He said eight people were involved in the attack on the officers, one of whom is a lieutenant.
Five of the seven who have been arrested were arraigned and released on their own recognizance, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office said. They are: Yorman Reveron, 24; Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19; Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19; Wilson Juarez, 21; and Jhoan Boada, 22. Reveron was put on supervised release.
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In August 2023, over 72 percent of people were unable to access public health services when needed, compared to 65.5 percent in July 2021.
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