Key Highlights
- DHS says the migrant, 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, overstayed on a 2017 tourist visa.
- They also say he was arrested in an assault case.
- Mamdani and other city leaders demanded the man's release on Monday."I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a routine immigration appointment," Mamdani wrote in a statement on X.
- "This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values.
- I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation." DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin dismissed complaints, however, saying the department was fully justified in taking Bohorquez into custody.
