President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, praised New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) for cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
During an interview with Sean Hannity of FOX NewsHoman shared some details of Thursday's meeting with Adams.
“He put politics aside.”
“It went well,” Homan said. said Contents of over an hour of conversation with the mayor.
“He understands that. And today, as mayor of New York, he proved he cares more about public safety than politics,” he told Hannity.
Homan explained that Adams will assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in removing illegal aliens who have committed crimes from the city.
“He wants to help ICE look for national security threats. He wants to help ICE find more than 340,000 missing children, but… Many will be in the city,” Homan continued.
Last week, Adams was pressed to reopen the ICE outpost on Rikers Island to facilitate coordination with local law enforcement.
Homan said during Thursday's meeting, Adams expressed interest in renovating the facility.
“He wants to see [ICE] “Rather than go back to Rikers Island and endanger the community by releasing them into the community, we will arrest them in a safe and secure prison,” Hannity said. Please release criminal aliens to us instead of the streets. ”
Homan also said he spoke with Adams about the tragic murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant with suspected ties to the Venezuelan gang Torren de Aragua, was found guilty of Riley's murder. Before the gruesome killing, Ybarra was arrested in New York City on child endangerment charges.
“If the circumstances had been different, ICE could have detained him instead of releasing him,” Homan explained.
The Border Czar expressed hope that there would be a “domino effect” if Mr Adams met with him and demonstrated a willingness to work with the incoming administration.
“I think New York City is becoming a lot safer,” Homan said. “I think New York City is trying to send a strong message.”
“I want the Mayor of Chicago, the San Diego City Council, and Governor Pritzker to take a page out of Mayor Eric Adams' strategy, because today he has an ex-cop coming out of him. We talk about public safety and put politics aside because we really care.''
After the meeting, Mr. Adams convened the next meeting. press conference To discuss future deportation plans.
Adams began his remarks by saying he would limit questions from reporters and accusing them of having “biased beliefs” and “distorted views.” He claimed that the media had consistently misrepresented his views on deportation.
“I'm not wasting my time,” he declared. “We will protect the rights of immigrants who work hard in this city and truly give back to our city. It’s not going to be a shelter,” and longtime New Yorkers. ”
Adams acknowledged that the city has made “terrible mistakes in the past” by refusing to cooperate with ICE.
The mayor highlighted concerns that the current administration is losing contact with hundreds of thousands of immigrant children.
“There are half a million children in this country who have sponsors and we can't find them. We don't know if they're doing child labor. We don't know if they're committing sex crimes. “We don't know if they were exploited,'' Adams explained. “There is a certain hypocrisy in someone who claims to want to protect everyone except innocent people and children who are victims of crime.I support children and innocent people who are victims of crime, I want to protect it.”
“Safety is everything to me,” he declared. “We don't know where half a million children are in this country right now.”
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