US Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed Tuesday to pursue the "maximum penalty" against a man charged with murdering a Ukrainian refugee, as the Trump administration continues touting its tough-on-crime agenda in Democratic-led cities.

Authorities say Iryna Zarutska was repeatedly stabbed from behind by 34-year-old DeCarlos Brown Jr. last month while riding a light rail train in the southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

"We will seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable act of violence -- he will never again see the light of day as a free man," Bondi said in a statement.

Brown is charged with one federal count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system, and faces life in prison or the death penalty, the statement said.

Mecklenburg County prosecutors have

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