Mayor Eric Adams welcomed Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” at Gracie Mansion for a extremely anticipated face-to-face Thursday over the president-elect’s migrant deportation plans.
Quickly-to-be-czar Tom Homan strolled into the mayoral mansion forward of the deliberate 1 p.m. assembly, the place Adams is anticipated to debate methods his administration can work with the Trump White Home as well migrant criminals from New York Metropolis.
Adams has staked an more and more hardline stance on town’s sanctuary standing within the weeks after Trump’s election, comparable to signaling his openness to deporting migrants after they’ve been charged with crime, however earlier than they’ve been convicted and have served their time.
“Cancel me, as a result of I’m going to guard the folks of this metropolis,” he defiantly declared.
Adams has been eyeing an government order that would chip away on the metropolis’s sanctuary metropolis standing, sources have instructed The Publish.
The sit-down additionally comes as Homan vowed to not let cities’ sanctuary standing get in the best way of Trump’s promised mass deportations — a promise coupled with a menace to withhold federal funding in the event that they don’t cooperate.
The specter of mass deportations has prompted unease for a lot of in New York Metropolis, a metropolis traditionally outlined by its openness to immigrants.
Adams has mentioned he would oppose deportations of hardworking undocumented New Yorkers, however indicated his goodwill doesn’t prolong to alleged criminals.
Hizzoner’s rising warmness with Trump’s insurance policies prompted metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander, a possible mayoral challenger, to blast Adams.
“Eric Adams is so targeted on cozying as much as Trump that he’s keen to disclaim folks due course of and put the protection of households in danger,” Lander mentioned in an announcement. “This open-armed embrace of Trump’s xenophobic insurance policies is a betrayal of everybody who calls New York Metropolis dwelling.”
— Extra reporting by Aneeta Bhole
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