New York City Mayor Eric Adams is ready to take on migrants committing crimes in his city.
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The beleaguered Mayor said he plans to meet with President-elect Donald Trump’s new “border czar” Tom Homan to discuss the administration’s plans to deport illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes.
“My position is people who commit crimes in our city, you have abdicated your right to be in our city and I am open to figure out the best way to address that,” he told reporters in a Tuesday press conference.
Adams referred to 19-year-old Bernardo Castro Mata from Venezuela, who is accused of shooting two NYPD officers in June after illegally entering the United States in 2023.
“You’ve got a guy, he’s on camera shooting at a police officer,” he alleged.
The New York Post reported at the time that Mata had a hearing in Chicago on May 6 where an immigration judge closed his case, ICE sources told the outlet.
“I don’t want that guy in my city, plain and simple,” Adams said.
“Those who are here committing crimes, robberies, shooting at police officers, raping innocent people, have been a harm to our country,” he added.
Adams noted many progressives have been wary of deporting criminal immigrants, but he is done walking on eggshells.
“Cancel me,” he dared, “because I’m going to protect the people of this city.”
Months before the election at the National Conservatism Conference, Homan noted that if it were up to him, “no one” would be safe when it comes to prioritizing national threats.
“If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.”
He also vowed: “[When] Trump comes back in January, I’ll be in his heels coming back, and I will run the biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.”
Homan later warned NYC officials that they won’t be able to stop the feds from deporting immigrant criminals.
“If we can’t get assistance from New York City, we may have to double the number of agents we send to New York City,” he said on Fox & Friends last month. “Because we’re going to do the job with you or without you.”
Adams, a former NYPD captain, had previously pushed for compassion when it came to the hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived in New York City and who still live there while more than $6.4 billion was spent on food, shelter and other services, according to the Post.
It appears Adams is ready to join in the fight, arguing that the 2024 presidential election showed Americans want a change on immigration and the U.S. border.
“The American people heard it and voted for it,” Adams remarked. “I want to make clear I’m not going to be warring with this administration, I’m going to be working with this administration.”