New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he is looking to bypass the city’s sanctuary laws to allow Trump to deport illegal aliens.
Adams made the remarks during an appearance on CBS-TV’s “The Point With Marcia Kramer” on Sunday.
Host Marcia Kramer asked Mayor Adams about his upcoming meeting with Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan.
Adams said he wants criminal aliens deported first and is willing to bypass the sanctuary law to help assist the Trump Administration with deportations.
“The City Council made it clear they don’t want to change that. They stated they’re not willing to change the sanctuary city law. I think they’re wrong. I have my teams looking at my power as executive orders,” Adams said.
“Is it possible you could do an executive order?” Marcia Kramer asked Adams.
Mayor Adams: “We’re looking at that. The legal team, the corporation counsel that they just approved, they’re looking at, the office is looking at. Do I have the power to do so? I have to protect the people of this city. That is my north star. It always has been. And if you are committing crimes on migrants, on immigrants, undocumented, documented, it’s all the same to me. And I want to address that.”
Kramer: “So I want to understand this. You’re thinking of an executive order that would allow you to change the sanctuary city laws so there could be more cooperation with the feds.”
Mayor Adams: “No. I told the corporation counsel, give me what are my options. I want to know what my options are. As I stated almost a year ago, I want to look at those who are committing serious violent felonies in our city. And I want to know what are my powers. Once the City Council made it clear, we’re not changing the sanctuary city laws to allow ICE to go after those dangerous offenders. Once they made that clear, I went to plan B and said, what are my options and my powers?”
Partial transcript of interview:
Marcia Kramer: Mayor Adams meets with the new federal border czar this week. What’s on his agenda? So, Mr. Mayor, what is on your agenda when you meet with Tom Homan at City Hall?
Mayor Eric Adams: It’s all about hearing in a very clear way what’s the message and the goal of the border czar, and see how do we collaborate to deal with the securing of our borders and making sure that we can ensure that this city retains and continues to be the safest big city in America.
Kramer: But what level of cooperation are you willing to give him?
Mayor Adams: Well, and that’s the most important question. Many people are speculating. In order to answer that question, we need to first find out what the mission is. I know what my mission is.
Kramer: What is your mission?
Mayor Adams: Public safety. That has always been my north star. Prior to the election, even when I communicated to the president and his team, the current president, I stated over and over again we have to deal with the small number of violent offenders who are making their way into our country. In particular, it’s a very dangerous Venezuelan gang. It is not the overwhelming number of migrants and asylum seekers. And many of these gang members are preying on migrants and asylum seekers also.
Kramer: So do you want those gang members, if you get them caught up in a crime, once they’ve been arrested, should they be deported before trial?
Mayor Adams: And I want to hear what the border czar’s beliefs around that. My belief has always been, I want you when you’re arrested to serve your time because you’re not giving justice to the person who was victimized by them because then if they go out, they can come right back into the country. So I want to hear from the border czar and engage in a conversation and tell them some of my ideas.
WATCH:
BREAKING: Eric Adams just said he is weighing using his power as mayor to bypass NYC’s sanctuary city designation to allow President Trump to deport illegals.
“They [City Council] stated they’re not willing to change the sanctuary city law. I think they’re wrong. I have my teams… pic.twitter.com/pWa9WuHyB1
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