New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke to a group Monday at a town hall meeting in Canarsie, Brooklyn, and said the sanctuary city law needs to be amended to allow immigrants with felonies to be turned over to ICE for deportation. .
Adams praised the government for doing a great job during difficult times, but said his hands are tied by federal and local laws.
The mayor spoke about how some immigrants take part in robberies and use mopeds to commit snatches and snatches.
Adams said the problem became so real that the police chief and his team focused on illegal mopeds and found that many of the people committing crimes were in possession of drugs and guns. It is said that he did.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he wants the city’s sanctuary law to be adjusted so that immigrants with felonies can be turned over to ICE for deportation. (via Luis C. Ribeiro, NY Daily News, Getty Images)
But not all immigrants and asylum seekers commit crimes, he said, and many of them want to be there and work.
The mayor blamed immigrants for not being able to hold federal jobs, adding that immigrants should have the same right to work as everyone else.
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“But a small number of people committing crimes? We need to fix the Sanctuary Cities Act so that if you commit a felony, we turn you over to ICE and deport you.” We should be able to do that,” Adams said. “It’s a right to live in this city…and no crime should be committed in our city.”
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Adams has previously said that immigrants who commit crimes should be turned over to ICE and deported.
