Exclusive | DHS demands Leticia James hand over 7,000 illegal migrant criminals New York is holding

New York state has released nearly 7,000 known illegal migrant criminals without notifying ICE since President Trump took over, and has more than 7,000 others locked up in jails and prisons, the Department of Homeland Security revealed.

All of them are being protected by sanctuary laws, DHS says, and the feds are now demanding that New York Attorney General Letitia James hand them over so they can be deported, according to a letter DHS sent to the state’s embattled top lawyer Monday.

The feds laid out how many of the migrants have been involved in thousands of crimes — including violent offenses — but have been released back into the community or on bail or parole — all without notifying ICE.

“These are people who are not only in the country illegally, but who have committed additional crimes, including heinous crimes like murder, rape, possession of child pornography, armed robbery, and many others,” a demand letter penned by acting ICE Director Todd Lyons sent to the AG’s office Monday.

The letter obtained by The Post points to a staggering 6,947 illegal aliens with active ICE detainers who were released back onto New York streets since Jan. 20.

Their rap sheets cumulatively include attempted murder, thousands of assaults, and hundreds of burglaries, robberies, drug offenses, weapons offenses and sexual predatory offenses.

New York’s sanctuary laws prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with immigration agents in any way, which means instead of being deported to their countries of origin, they were simply turned loose.

“Virtually all Americans agree that people like this should be swiftly removed from the United States when they leave New York’s custody and not be returned to our streets to wreak havoc on law abiding citizens,” Lyons wrote.

Currently, ICE says, another 7,113 aliens are locked up in New York with active detainers, who are responsible for a combined 148 homicides, 717 assaults, 134 burglaries, 106 robberies, 235 dangerous drug offenses, 152 weapons offenses and 260 sexual predatory offenses.

The letter follows a similar missive sent to James on Sept. 15, which DHS says she ignored.

James’ office referred The Post to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office.

The agency included a supplemental with its letter highlighting a dozen migrants with heinous criminal histories who were released from custody in New York in recent months rather than being turned over to immigration authorities.

Among them was Anderson Smith Satuye Martinez, a Crips gang member with a prior assault conviction who was busted Aug. 19 for criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. Despite an ICE detained lodged against him, he was released by local authorities before ICE picked him up again on Sept. 11 in the Bronx.

ICE also locked up Jose David Hernandez Hernandez, who was arrested for rape, strangulation and assault before being released. After immigration agents’ intervention, he’s now in ICE custody awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings.

Also caught and released by New York authorities was career criminal migrant Alexander Moreno Montoya, who has charges including assaulting a police officer, criminal possession of a weapon and cocaine possession.

Although he was under an ICE detainer, he was released from Rikers Island on March 17, only to be caught by ICE ERO NYC on July 7 and removed from the US.

“Please confirm whether the State of New York plans to honor detainers on these aliens or whether each of these barbarians will someday walk the streets of New York again,” the letter to James pointedly concludes.

“Attorney General James and her fellow New York Sanctuary politicians are releasing murderers, terrorists, and sexual predators back into our neighborhoods and putting American lives at risk,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement to The Post.

“We are calling on Letitia James to stop this dangerous derangement and commit to honoring the ICE arrest detainers of the more than 7,000 criminal illegal aliens in New York’s custody. It is common sense. Criminal illegal aliens should not be released back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans.”