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.
41 Articles
41 Articles
Man accused of shoving 2 onto subway tracks was deported 4 times, DHS says
A Honduran man accused of shoving two people onto the subway tracks in Manhattan over the weekend has been deported four times and sneaked back into the country a fifth time, immigration officials said Thursday.
Honduran man accused of shoving 2 onto NYC subway tracks was deported 4 times: DHS
A Honduran man accused of shoving two people onto the subway tracks in Manhattan over the weekend has been deported four times and sneaked back into the country a fifth time, immigration officials said Thursday.
Trump admin slams Mamdani, Hochul over immigration status of East Side subway shoving suspect
DHS said Bairon Hernandez had been deported from the U.S. four times; he was previously convicted of entering the country illegally and then re-entering after he had been deported.
Four Deportations, One Veteran, One Question: Who Failed Richard Williams? – Jeffrey Lord
He came back four times. Bairon Hernandez, 34, a Honduran national with at least 15 arrests on his record — aggravated assault, weapons possession, domestic violence, drug charges, obstruction — was deported from the United States four separate times. The last time was in 2020. He came back anyway. On Sunday, federal officials say, he walked into the Lexington Avenue station at 63rd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and shoved two strangers …
Illegal Alien Who Was Deported Four Times Allegedly Pushed 83-Year-Old Veteran onto Subway Tracks
An illegal alien who’d been deported four times allegedly shoved an 83-year-old Air Force veteran and another rider onto a New York City subway track on Sunday. The Department of […] The post Illegal Alien Who Was Deported Four Times Allegedly Pushed 83-Year-Old Veteran onto Subway Tracks appeared first on The Western Journal.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 56% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
























