DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reveals NYC jail bosses ignored ICE detainer for illegal migrant who torched woman on subway

President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the feds have issued an ICE detainer for the migrant charged with torching a sleeping woman to death on a Big Apple subway — but the corrections department have no plans to honor it due to the city’s sanctuary status.

Noem ripped the move as she visited Coney Island’s Stillwell Avenue subway station on Wednesday where Guatemalan national Sebastian Zapeta-Calil allegedly carried out the infamous arson attack.

“ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the NYC Department of Corrections to take this depraved alien into custody,” Noem raged on X.

“Because of current sanctuary city policy, the corrections department has indicated it will NOT honor the detainer.”

“This is disgusting. New York politicians are allowing the murder of their own citizens,” she continued.

“Governor Hochul should impose an emergency suspension of sanctuary protection by executive order NOW.”

Sanctuary city jurisdictions vow not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities to hold migrants in custody until they can be picked up for deportation proceedings.

Zapeta-Calil, 33, is currently holed up in custody on murder and arson charges over the gruesome attack on 57-year-old Debrina Kawam while she was sleeping on the train in December.

The unprovoked attack left the victim’s body so scorched that made it difficult for cops to immediately identify her.

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