New York Mayor Adams meets with incoming border czar Tom Homan

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he and incoming border czar Tom Homan share the same desire to pursue illegal immigrant criminals after a Thursday meeting between the pair.

Adams met with Homan to discuss cooperation between local and federal authorities in deporting violent criminals once the Trump administration takes office on Jan. 20.

“We will not be a safe haven for those who commit repeated violent crimes against innocent migrants, immigrants and new york” Adams said after the meeting. “From what I heard from the incoming head of ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is that we have the same desire to go after those who are committing violent acts, acts repeated violence among innocent New Yorkers. and among migrant asylum seekers. This is what I heard from him. And I was glad to hear that, because we share the same desire.”

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The mayor pointed out that the city does not allow itself to be a safe haven for American citizens who commit crimes, “and we will not do it for the undocumented.”

The meeting came as Homan plans to implement President-elect Trump’s mass deportation plan once he takes office.

Homan has warned sanctuary city leaders to cooperate with immigration authorities or stand aside. Earlier this week, Adams announced the closing of dozens migrant shelters as the “sanctuary” city continues to experience a drop in arrivals.

In total, 25 shelters are closed in the coming months. New York has seen more than 225,000 migrants arrive since 2022. The increase coincided with a surge at the southern border, exacerbated by a Texas strategy to transport migrants to sanctuary cities to ease pressure on the border state.

Even before Thursday’s meeting between Adams and Homan, immigration activists accused the mayor of “collaborating” with the new administration.

“It is despicable that Mayor Adams continues to shirk his responsibilities to uphold the existing policies and values ​​of New York City as a sanctuary city by collaborating with Trump. tsar of the border Tom Homan,” Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, said in a statement.

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Adams has been deeply critical of the federal government’s handling of the migrant crisis and has taken a harder line on illegal immigration than many of his Democratic contemporaries, who have vowed to resist the Trump administration’s plan coming in to deport illegal immigrants.

There are currently 170 crimes that allow New York City officials to communicate and collaborate with ICE after a migrant is convicted of a crime, Adams said.

“We have to look at them and see what my authority is, using executive orders, to make sure that I keep New Yorkers safe. That is my only goal. I can’t make it any clearer. In pursuing that goal, the my years and years of advocating for immigrants who are here and trying to find the American dream, if that demonizes me, I’ll take it, but I’ll save lives in this city,” he said.

The mayor blasted those he said tried to push him to change his position on illegal immigration.

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“People are trying to push their own agenda. I have an agenda. I’ve never lied about the agenda,” he said. “Everybody, everybody in this city should be protected and they shouldn’t be victims of violent crime. And that was a conversation I had with the incoming border czar. We share the same belief, and we’re going to follow that same belief. “

Adam Shaw of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.