{"id":2648,"date":"2024-12-18T06:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2024-12-18T06:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:34:23","slug":"critics-slam-adams-for-embracing-trump-era-immigration-stance-amid-2025-primary-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycpolitics\/critics-slam-adams-for-embracing-trump-era-immigration-stance-amid-2025-primary-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics Slam Adams for Embracing Trump-Era Immigration Stance Amid 2025 Primary Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Kaya Laterman<\/a><\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said the city will not remain a Sanctuary City<\/a> for asylum seekers who commit serious crimes, after meeting with Tom Homan, the border czar for president-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

During a press conference shortly after Adams met with Homan and Department of Homeland Security Official Kenneth Genalo, the mayor said “…we will not be a safe haven for those who commit violent acts. We don’t do it for those who are citizens, and we’re not going to do it for those who are undocumented.”<\/p>\n

“We’ve made terrible mistakes in the past by preventing\u2013 to keep our city safe from those who have committed repeated acts of violence, particularly these dangerous gangs that we have witnessed in our city, and we’re not going to continue in that direction,” he said, and added that he was not focused on hard working immigrants in the city.<\/p>\n

Adams said his legal team is currently trying to figure out whether\u00a0they have the authorization to sit down and speak with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on how they can coordinate deporting asylum seekers that commit crime and whether he can use an executive order to accomplish this.<\/p>\n

There are about 170 crimes that allows city officials to communicate and collaborate with ICE after a conviction, the mayor said.<\/p>\n

“I’m\u00a0going to try to\u00a0attempt\u00a0to use my executive orders to go after dangerous people who are committing violent acts against migrants and asylum seekers and long-term New Yorkers and undocumented immigrants,” Adams said. “No one should be a victim of a crime in this city and particularly violent crimes. And I said that\u00a0over and over again\u00a0and\u00a0I’m\u00a0going to continue to stand by that.”<\/p>\n

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Homan, who appeared on Fox News<\/a> after the meeting, said “he saw a cop” in the mayor, who promised continued partnership. Homan also said the two talked about\u00a0getting ICE back into Rikers Island and federal agents to be assigned to police precincts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The mayor also said officials discussed the 500,000 children currently in the country whose whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n

“We can’t find them. We don’t know if they’re doing child labor. We don’t know if they’re doing sex crimes. We don’t know if they’ve been exploited,” he said.<\/p>\n

There were several elected officials, some running against Adams in the June 2025 Democratic Primary, who condemned the mayor’s actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Mayor Adams makes it clearer daily that he seems more interested in helping Donald Trump with a dangerous agenda of deportation, it\u2019s clear that vulnerable New Yorkers can\u2019t rely on this mayor for support \u2013 so I\u2019m asking President [Joe] Biden to use the time and power he has left in order to enact common sense protections,” said Public Advocate Jumaane D.\u00a0Williams. “We have a moral mandate to do what we can, with what we have, to stand up for people under threat.”<\/p>\n

In a rally outside of City Hall prior to the Homan-Adams meeting, Williams said he\u00a0sent a letter to the Biden administration<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday to urge\u00a0several actions that the White House can immediately take in order to provide protections against many of the incoming Trump administration\u2019s policies and proposals.<\/p>\n

\u201cEric Adams is so focused on cozying up to Trump that he is willing to deny people due process and put the safety of families at risk,” said city Comptroller Brad Lander. “This open-armed embrace of Trump\u2019s xenophobic policies is a betrayal of everyone who calls New York City home.”<\/p>\n

After the press conference, the mayor’s office released a set of proposals that included:<\/p>\n