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Man charged in NY subway shove deported 4 times: DHS

Bairon Hernandez, deported four times, faces charges after pushing two men onto subway tracks; one victim is brain dead, NYPD reports nine push incidents so far in 2026.

  • On Tuesday, authorities arrested 34-year-old Bairon Posada-Hernandez in Brooklyn for allegedly pushing 30-year-old Jhon Rodriguez and 83-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Williams onto subway tracks Sunday at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station.
  • The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Posada-Hernandez is a Honduran national who first entered the U.S. on January 2, 2008, and has been deported four times, most recently in 2020.
  • Williams remains in critical condition with severe brain injuries after his head struck the tracks; Rodriguez is recovering from shoulder and neck injuries after both victims were pulled to safety before a train arrived.
  • DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis demanded that New York officials cooperate with an ICE detainer, stating, "DHS is calling upon New York sanctuary politicians to commit to this ICE detainer and not release this heinous criminal back into New York communities."
  • NYPD data shows nine subway push incidents so far in 2026, up from 19 in 2025 and 26 in 2024, reflecting an emerging public safety concern in the transit system.
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NBC New York broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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