New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Democrat) recently doubled down on his comments about repealing the city’s sanctuary policies that are a magnet for illegal immigrants. SI Live report.
Adams announced Tuesday that she supports a bill introduced by the Common Sense Caucus, a bipartisan group of New York City Council members, that would repeal laws enacted by former Mayor Bill de Blasio (D). Specifically, if passed, the bill would repeal a portion of the city’s administrative code that prohibits local law enforcement from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“I intend to voice my concerns about that.”
“We have enough criminals in our city. We don’t need to import and protect more criminals,” City Councilman Robert Holden (D), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, said last month.
“It’s common sense to repeal the law that created sanctuary city status,” he asserted.
Adams initially Policy Changes The city struggled to provide humanitarian aid and shelter to an influx of illegal immigrants earlier this year.
“The vast majority of immigrants and asylum seekers here want to work, and I still don’t understand why the federal government won’t allow them to work. They need the right to work, just like all of us who come to this country have the right to work,” Adams told residents at a town hall meeting in February.
“But for the small minority of people who do commit crimes, we need to amend our sanctuary city laws so that they can be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation if they commit a serious or violent crime,” he added.
Mayor Adams has previously argued that the city’s sanctuary policies are preventing it from addressing the problems caused by the rise in illegal immigration. According to the mayor, New York City is “[ed] It’s a national crisis.”
Adams on Tuesday accused Mayor de Blasio of overreaching the city’s existing sanctuary policies. De Blasio’s bill would prohibit NYPD officers from complying with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention requests. As a result, local police would be forced to release illegal immigrant criminals rather than turn them over to federal immigration authorities. ICE agents would then be forced to find criminals on the street, which is much more dangerous, expensive and time-consuming.
“I think the previous administration made a big mistake and I think that needs to be fixed,” Adams said. “New Yorkers have a right to be safe in our city, and when someone breaks the law or commits violence against New Yorkers, I’m going to voice my concerns about that.”
by New York SunMore than 200,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in New York City since 2022.
Holden recently Daily Caller News Foundation“It is encouraging that the Mayor supports our efforts to repeal the sanctuary city law.”
“Despite City Council resistance, he can make this a reality by urging the Charter Revision Commission to put this proposal on this year’s ballot and let the people decide,” he continued. “New Yorkers will make the right choice. Let’s make it happen!”
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