The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging New York officials Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams’ appointed district attorney candidate Daniel Mamdani to comply with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) request related to Felix Jeronimo-Rojas. Multiple reports say Jeronimo-Rojas is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who was convicted after pleading guilty to raping and robbing the body of a man who died on a subway train. According to the reporting, Jeronimo-Rojas is serving a five-year prison sentence following the conviction. DHS’s demand focuses on honoring an ICE retainer/detainer associated with the case, which would allow ICE to assume custody or request transfer in coordination with the criminal justice process. The articles characterize the case as involving New York’s sanctuary policies and argue the ICE request should be honored despite those policies. The reports do not provide additional procedural details, such as whether an agreement or court order exists, or whether the state or local officials have responded publicly to the DHS request. The matter centers on the intersection of criminal sentencing, custody coordination, and immigration enforcement.