Mayor Eric Adams is firmly stating that individuals without legal status who engage in criminal activity are not welcome in the city and should face deportation.
Mayor Adams opposes mass deportation, yet advocates for the city’s collaboration in returning violent migrants to their home countries.
Adams has held the Biden Administration responsible for the 6.4 billion dollars that the city has allocated for the approximately quarter million asylum seekers who have arrived in NYC since 2022.
“Those who are here committing crimes, robberies, shooting up at police officers, raping innocent people, who have been a harm to our country, those are the people I am talking about,” said Adams.
On Tuesday, the mayor announced his intention to meet with Tom Homen, the newly appointed border czar by President-Elect Donald Trump, to discuss a strategy aimed at addressing the issues affecting the city.
”I would love to sit down with the border czar and hear his thoughts on how we are going to address those who are harming our cities,” added Adams.
Organizations led by immigrants, like Make The Road New York, argue that this will merely pit immigrant New Yorkers against one another. It appears that Adams is prioritizing his personal interests while dealing with ongoing criminal allegations.
“Homen is a family separation czar. He said that entire immigrant families could be deported,” stated Yatziri Tovar from Make The Road NY.
“It is disappointing now to continue to see the mayor not standing up to that and instead trying to cozy up to an administration for a possible pardon,” she added.
According to professor and political analyst J.C. Polanco, this represents a refreshing change for the residents of New York.
“The sad part is that the crimes committed are often against the migrant community itself so the notion we are not going to work with the new border czar on getting rid of the criminal element in the migrant community is outrageous,” said Polanco.
Adams emphasized that hardworking undocumented immigrants who are law-abiding deserve an opportunity to pursue their aspirations in this country.
Currently, approximately 56,000 migrants are being supported by New York City.
