New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams has stated he’ll collaborate with federal authorities on deporting violent criminals who’re in america unlawfully.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams stated Thursday he’ll enable federal immigration officers to function on the metropolis’s Rikers Island jail and take further steps to help the Trump administration in arresting and deporting violent criminals who’re in america unlawfully.
Adams made the announcement following a closed-door assembly on the identical day with Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, who has been tasked with main Trump’s large-scale deportation initiative. The assembly, held at a federal workplace constructing in Manhattan, got here because the Trump administration pushes for extra assist detaining and deporting unlawful immigrants accused of significant crimes, a technique Homan has termed “worst first.”
In an announcement issued after the assembly, Adams stated he’ll signal an govt order reestablishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers’ skill to function at Rikers Island, a maximum-security jail. These brokers will work with the correctional intelligence bureau, specializing in prison investigations associated to violent offenders and gangs.
Adams and Homan additionally mentioned methods to embed extra New York Police Division detectives into federal process forces to fight violent gang exercise.
“Conserving the 8.3 million New Yorkers who name our metropolis dwelling secure is—and can all the time stay—our administration’s North Star,” Adams acknowledged. He expressed his willingness to work with the Trump administration—”not warfare with them”—to deal with points like unlawful immigration as a method to enhance the lives of New Yorkers.
ICE has traditionally confronted resistance in New York, the place native legal guidelines restrict cooperation between police and federal immigration enforcement. Beneath current insurance policies, metropolis jails are barred from holding people wished for civil immigration violations past their scheduled launch. New York Metropolis has additionally applied measures proscribing ICE’s entry to public faculties and different municipal properties.
Whereas acknowledging the function immigrants have performed in shaping New York Metropolis’s economic system, Adams known as for reform of the “long-broken immigration system.” He famous that the surge of unlawful immigrants beneath the Biden administration has positioned an unsustainable burden on town.
“For the reason that spring of 2022, New York Metropolis has been compelled to shoulder the burden of a nationwide humanitarian disaster the place greater than 230,000 migrants have come to our metropolis searching for assist, at a value of roughly $7 billion, with little assist from the earlier administration,” Adams stated.
Earlier this week, the Justice Division directed federal prosecutors in Manhattan to dismiss corruption costs in opposition to Adams, citing prosecutorial mishandling and considerations concerning the case’s influence on Adams’ skill to help in federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Prosecutors indicted Adams in October 2024, accusing him of accepting over $100,000 in marketing campaign contributions and luxurious items from international nationals in change for political favors.
The allegations embody bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying monetary information, with potential penalties together with fines, jail time, and disqualification from public workplace.
Nonetheless, the costs in opposition to Adams remained in impact on Thursday after the interim U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of New York, who was main the case, refused to dismiss them and subsequently resigned.
Adams has denied any wrongdoing.