2 weeks Ago By Shane Galvin
Mayor Eric Adams appeared on a Fox News show hosted by President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara, where he defended ICE, spoke of the troubling toll the migrant crisis had on the city and called all-out resistance to the Trump agenda “foolish.” Hizzoner went on “My View with Lara Trump” in his new capacity as an Independent candidate, touting his decision to return Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to Rikers Island prison — a move that garnered a lawsuit from the City Council. “One of the big mistakes that’s being made in some parts of the far left philosophy is that ICE is a criminal organization.
They are not. They are part of our law enforcement community.,” he said adding, “We have to get bad, dangerous people off our streets.
“People want to turn this into a political agenda. I’m focused on New Yorkers. 80% of New Yorkers are stating those who commit dangerous acts, that are undocumented, after they are convicted and serve their time, they should be deported,” Adams continued.
The mayor further told Laura Trump, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, about the billion-dollar financial burden felt by the city due to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. “That $7.5 billion that I spent, $200 million could have gone to our children who are chronically absent.
It could have went to my seniors. It could’ve went to building more housing. That should not have been our problem.
And it was,” Adams said. “It was extremely difficult to deal with, but we did. And it’s gonna have a long-term impact on our city.
” When pressed about New York’s Sanctuary City policy, Adams emphasized the responsibility of the federal government to control immigration, but also the need for migrants in the city to feel safe when accessing city services. “I don’t control the borders,” he said. “But when someone is in the city, we have to make sure it is safer.
” “I need children in school. If they’re not in school they’re in harm’s way. I nee people who feel if they are the victim of a crime they feel comfortable going to police,” Adams said.
Adams said he would continue to work with the Trump administration because it was “common sense” — and further stated he was compelled by a sense of patriotism. “You don’t all of a sudden become anti-American because the person you wanted to be president is not president,” the mayor said. Adams called those who advocate for all out resistance to the Trump administration “foolish.
” “When you don’t respect the office, you’re sending the wrong message. I respect the office. There’s a president called President Trump.
I am going to work with that president to produce for the people of our city because I respect the office,” Adams told Lara Trump. Picking up on the patriotic note, the mayor briefly mentioned political turmoil on college campuses. “I’m not for those who are desecrating our flag.
Who are on college campuses radicalizing our children. Who are being harmful for what this country stands for,” he emphasized to the Fox News host. On his departure from the Democratic party, Adams suggested that the “bogus” federal criminal investigation interfered with his participation in Democratic primary process, but offered a cheekier explanation to the Republican host.
“I didn’t leave the party, the party left me,” Adams quipped..
