The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams and Tom Homan, the “border tsar” of President Donald Trump, met Thursday, a day after the United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, announced that yes demanding the State for the application of immigration.
The 90 -minute closed meeting provided an idea of how Adams plans to work with the Trump administration in immigration matters while running a sanctuary city.
The mayor, who previously met with Homin In DecemberHe said he granted one of Homan’s most important requests and will sign an executive order that allows the immigration and compliance agents of Customs who work in Rikers Island to identify violent criminals.
“They will be part of our intelligence, criminal aspects of it, and we are going to coordinate with them in other aspects of public security, so that we can avoid what many people are afraid, just a wide. Extensive network scale.
Homan said he went to New York to obtain Adams cooperation or surround him to deport violent criminals. Adams said that the laws of the New York Sanctuary City prevent him from helping ice agents to carry out deportations.
“There are some cases where you will have to turn the laws in this city. You will have to use your power. It has the power, such as border tsar and ice, to institute the civil application. I can’t do it. That, and We were honest about it, “Adams said.
While Adams said he and homan agreed some things, they agreed to disagree with others. The mayor said that he and Homan are working on additional issues, but their details will not be publicly announced.
“A series of things we are ironing. And before wanting to announce some public, we want to make sure they pass the legal smell,” said the mayor.
Mayor’s relationship with the White House examined
Adams critics, including those who try to defeat him on the electoral ballot Drop the case of corruption against him.
“Tom Homan came here today to give the mayor his orders, his marching orders. Donald Trump sent him to collect the debt,” said Scott Stringer, who is postulated for mayor.
“The State gives the mayor the authority under executive orders to suspend certain laws in New York City, New York State, which are endangering the public. Public security is essential. Therefore, if the mayor does not He will do what he can do, what he has the power to do, so that is where Tom Homan enters, “said City Council member Robert Holden.
After the order of the Department of Justice, Adams said he never violated the law and He promised to recover the confidence of New Yorkers. He also insisted that he began talking about getting rid of violent criminals more than two years ago, when former President Joe Biden was in office.
When CBS News New York asked him if he was forced to cooperate with the Trump administration, Adams said it is his job to work with the president.
“This about this for a moment. Did you cooperate with the previous administration? I called myself Brooklyn’s biden. I mean, who are we joking here? I am the mayor of the largest city in the United States. How so It will be irresponsible for me not to speak with the president of the United States and his administration?
But the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, from Brooklyn, seemed to be worried about The mayor’s relationship with the White House.
“It is the intention of the Trump administration to keep the current mayor with a short strap. The way in which the mayor responds to the intentions of the White House will determine a lot about the political future of the current mayor of New York City.” Jeffries said.
The public lawyer of New York City, Jumaane Williams, also sent a letter to the heads of the city agency that offered help if they feel unable to carry out their work due to the mayor’s relationship with the Trump administration.
“It’s very, very worrying, and it’s in black and white,” said Williams.
“There are serious concerns about the mayor who complies with the municipal law and the protection of the families of New York City,” said the president of the City Council, Adrienne Adams. “We are looking to close Rikers Island, not extend your operation.” ‘
Federals raise $ 80 million in funds for house migrants in New York
The decision of the federals of Back $ 80 million in Fema fundswhich was sent to New York City to help migrants from the house, it was expected to appear at the Adams meeting with Homan.
The subsidies were granted during the Biden administration but were not disbursed until last week, the city said.
Shortly after, Elon Musk, who goes to the White House Government Efficiency Department (Dux)He said the money was wasted in luxury hotels. On Tuesday, the National Security Department announced that four people had been fired for making unauthorized payments to those hotels.
The Comptroller of New York City, Brad Lander, held an emergency press conference on Wednesday after his office discovered that money was missing in the city’s accounts.
“The federal program we are talking about, the refuge and services program, has a night limit of $ 12.50 per night in the prices of the hotel and the shelter, and obviously the city of New York paid much more than $ 12.50 per night For store stores Floyd Bennett Field and Randall’s IslandMuch less for hotels here, “Lander said.
The City Council said that an internal investigation is carrying out, adding: “Our office has already committed to the White House to recover these funds and we have requested an emergency meeting with FEMA to try to solve the matter as quickly as possible,” .
In the last two years, the city rented several hotels and other vacant buildings to turn them into migrant shelters. Most hotels are occupied by families with children, and none would be considered “luxury” for most travel standards.
According to the city’s law, New York He must offer shelter to anyone who needs it. The city is currently in the process of Close more than a dozen migrant shelters for this summer.
DOJ demanding New York for the application of immigration
The claim of the Department of Justice against the names of New York Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, but not Adams.
On Wednesday, Bondi said the demand was caused by The New York Green Light Lawwhich has been in force since 2019 and allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driving licenses.
“New York has chosen to prioritize illegal foreigners over US citizens. He stops today,” Bondi said.
Hochul responded with a statement on Wednesday night, saying that the law “has been confirmed by the courts again and again.”
“Here are the facts: our current laws allow federal immigration officials to access any DMV database with a court order. That is a common sense approach that most New Yorkers support. But there is no way to leave That the federal agents or the shadow of Elon Musk Operation Decade, obtain access without restrictions on the personal data of any New York in the DMV system as the 16 -year -old children who learn to drive other vulnerable people, “read partly, reads partly , and says: “We hope that Pam Bondi’s without value, the demand driven by advertising to be a total failure, like everyone else.
“Our state laws, including the green light law, protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our safe communities. I am prepared to defend our laws, as I have always done,” James said in his own statement.
Last week, the Department of Justice also filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on its laws of the sanctuary.
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