Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote a brief but scathing letter Friday calling for a federal response to the “brazen” actions of two NYPD cops by immigrants near Times Square — and demanding to know whether the “alien” behind the attack will be deported.
Graham said he was “saddened but not surprised to hear about the latest consequences of President Biden’s illegal immigration crisis” in his letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“I am writing today to ask what the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security intend to do in response to this brazen attack,” the South Carolina Republican continued.
“Will the aliens who carried out this attack be deported? If so, when? If not, why not?” he demanded to know.
Graham’s letter comes after New York Governor Kathy Hochul — a Democrat — made her own call for immigrants involved in violent fights caught on camera to get the boot from the US.
“Get them all and send them back,” Hochul told reporters during an unrelated press conference Thursday.
Seven suspects — all asylum seekers from Venezuela — have been arrested and charged in connection with the beating, police said.
Five of them – including Jhoan Boada, who turned off the camera as he left the courtroom on Wednesday – were released without bail after being charged with second-degree assault on a police officer and obstructing government administration.
Darwin Andres Gomez, 19, Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, Wilson Juarez, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24, are believed to have since skipped town on a bus headed for California, sources told The Post.
Shocking video captures the moment a group of migrants stormed a pair of NYPD cops near Times Square over the weekend. South Carolina DCPI Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he was “saddened” by the attack. AFP/Getty Images
At the time of his arrest for beating police, Reveron was already the subject of two open criminal cases in Manhattan — including allegations that he punched an employee at Macy’s Herald Square last month while allegedly trying to rob the retailer.
Police sources added that at least one other suspect is still the subject of an NYPD manhunt in connection with the incident.
Investigators also appear to be looking into whether four of the suspects may be tied to the Tren de Aragua gang, which has been referred to as Venezuela’s “most powerful local criminal actor” and also has a growing international profile, sources told The Post.
The group’s violence in other countries appears to have set off alarm bells for foreign governments and prompted major operations targeting the group in Chile, Peru and Colombia, a report seen by The Post explains.
The violent attack happened around 8:30pm on Saturday. DCPI
Police have seen similarities between the group’s known MO and the suspect’s own clothes, hair and tattoos.
The violent attack happened around 8:30 Saturday night when Lt. Ben Kurian and Police Officer Tian Zunxu tried to intervene in a rowdy crowd outside a shelter on West 42nd Street.
The police officer knocked down one of the migrants while the others took turns kicking the two policemen before fleeing.
A suspect, Yorman Reveron, is wanted in connection with two other criminal cases.
Both men suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
NYPD Patrol Chief John Chell called the immigrants involved in the attack “cowards” at a press briefing Wednesday, and slammed the decision to release the five suspects.
“Reprehensible,” said the leader. “You want to know why our police were attacked? There are no consequences. Eight people attacked two policemen. Coward.”
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