New York City Councilman Robert Holden (D) challenged Mayor Eric Adams (D) as follows: corroborating his “tough talk” Accompanied by action regarding the city's conservation policy.
On Wednesday, Mr. Holden asked Mr. Adams to reopen the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Center at Rikers Island to facilitate coordination between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials.
“Mayor Adams should reopen the ICE office at Rikers Island.”
Adams has come under fire for being vague about his position on sanctuary policies. The mayor insists he does not support deporting law-abiding illegal aliens, but he has stepped up his discussion of deporting violent criminal suspects.
Adams acknowledges that the city's sanctuary status has protected criminally undocumented immigrants from ICE, but argues that his hands are largely tied because only the City Council can amend policy. do.
On Tuesday, the mayor dared the left to “rescind” his promise to work with the incoming Trump administration to expedite the deportation of criminally illegal aliens.
Adams also noted that the city's taxpayers contribute more than $6.4 billion to serve more than 200,000 immigrants.
“We should all be angry about what has happened to our city under this administration,” Adams declared, referring to President Joe Biden's administration.
“Please cancel. I'm going to protect the people of this city,” Adams said.
Last week, Mr. Holden encouraged his Democratic colleagues to reconsider their position on sanctuary policies, arguing that they “protect” illegal immigrants who are criminals from ICE.
In a letter to Mr. Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), and other city and state leaders, he urged an end to sanctuary jurisdictions within New York.
Holden praised President-elect Donald Trump's next border czar, Tom Homan, for vowing to hold local leaders accountable for blocking ICE efforts with sanctuary policies.
On Wednesday, Holden called on Adams to keep his promise to help deport Trump.
“Hard arguments are good, but actions speak louder,” Holden said. “The Mayor had the opportunity to amend or repeal the Sanctuary City Act through the Charter Revision Commission and chose not to do so. Now is the time to right these wrongs.”
“To demonstrate a true commitment to public safety, Mayor Adams should reopen the Rikers Island ICE office and direct the NYPD to: [Department of Corrections], [Department of Probation] “The ability to communicate with ICE and respect criminal immigration detainees,” he said.
A spokesperson for Mr. Adams responded to Mr. Holden's comments and advised him to redirect his efforts toward persuading city council members to repeal the sanctuary policy.
“Mayor Adams has repeatedly stated that while we continue to respect the city's sanctuary laws, we need to have a serious conversation with the small number of people who repeatedly commit violent crimes in our city and the consequences they should face,” the spokesperson said. Ta. . “We also have to fix this country's failed border policies that got us to this place.”
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