Kathy Hochul Comes Up Empty When Pressed By Elise Stefanik About Examples Of Crimes Illegals Committed In Her State

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul could not name a single high-profile heinous crime committed by illegal immigrants in her state on Thursday when pressed by Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Stefanik asked the governor during a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary states to identify specific suspects who committed crimes in her state, including 21-year-old Sakir Akkan, who raped a 15-year-old girl in Albany. Hochul then could not identify Sebastian Zapeta, the suspect accused of burning a woman alive on a New York City subway in January.

“These are high-profile cases, New Yorkers know about them and you don’t? Let’s talk about Sebastian Zapeta Khalil. Do you know who that is?” Stefanik said, which Hochul denied knowing the answer to. “Well this is an illegal migrant in New York because of your sanctuary state policies. Do you know what crime he committed?”

When Hochul said she could not recall who Zapeta was, Stefanik said, “I bet you’re gonna be familiar when I remind you. He found a sleeping woman on the subway, lit her on fire and burned her alive. This is in Kathy Hochul’s New York. And as I’m sure you are aware, and I’ll remind you, that issued an order to detain this violent criminal, but that was reject by New York officials due to sanctuary state laws.”

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Zapeta, a Guatemalan national, was previously deported from the U.S. and had been living in the country unlawfully when he fatally burned 57-year-old Debrina Kawam. Authorities charged him with multiple counts of murder and arson in connection to the incident.