NYC Mayor Adams to Discuss Migrant Crime with White House Border Chief
New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, is set to convene with the soon-to-be-instated White House border chief Tom Homan, with the hot-button issue of migrant crime and deportation on their crowded docket. The gathering, much-awaited by observers, is slated for Thursday at 1 p.m. local time at the City Hall. High on the agenda is dissecting the city’s present migrant situation and delving into the broader failings of immigration policy at the countrywide level.
The mayoral office is particularly interested in tapping into the incoming czar’s insights on ways its administration strategically and humanely tackle criminal tendencies within the city’s migrant community. One source close to matter indicated Adams’ core concern, ‘Our objective is cooperation that enables us to weed out criminals from ordinary undocumented residents.’ Their focal point, he stated, is tackling identified offenders in need of expulsion.
Initially planned for a 10 a.m. start, the meeting was rescheduled for an afternoon slot because of scheduling conflicts encountered by Homan. His resolve in dealing with the immigration predicament, even within refuge cities such as New York, has been in the public eye. His stance to ensure the expulsion of migrant criminals, irrespective of their location within sanctuary cities, has garnered attention.
Homan has publically committed to implementing Trump’s proposed expansive deportation plan while leveraging federal funds to coerce sanctuary cities into cooperating. While the full alteration of New York’s status as a sanctuary city falls beyond Mayor Adams’ solo authority and sits with the City Council, some within his administration perceivably support a shift in certain policies via executive orders.
Adams, over recent weeks, has been vocal about a harder line on the city’s sanctuary status. His openness to the consideration of deportations following criminal charges, yet before actual convictions and sentence carrying, has led to further discussion. Known for his commitment to protect city residents, Adams stated, ‘Be ready to cancel me, because my duty is to safeguard the people of this city.’
Adams also intends to impart knowledge gleaned from his travels to Central and South America, recounting his conversations with officials there on migration topics. Also on his agenda is the promotion of the beneficial impacts that could potentially arise from the decompression strategy he proposed last year.
The border crisis under the present Biden administration has spurred an upsurge in the number of asylum seekers making their home in New York, an issue that has placed a substantial financial burden on its taxpayers. The city finds itself providing for substantial numbers of migrants, not withstanding a decline in their numbers over the past year.
Federal assistance concerning the migrant problem in the city is now a pertinent issue for Adams. The influx of migrants in New York has caused resentment among dwellers, negatively impacting Adams’ approval ratings and pressuring the city administration to implement aggressive budget cuts.