The mayor's stance marks a major shift in the decades-old policy, which he argues is detrimental to public safety.
NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is slamming the city's sanctuary laws, saying he supports working with federal immigration officials.His stance marks a major shift in the decades-old policy.The mayor is calling for more cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local police. He argues the current policies are detrimental to public safety.In a series of recent statements, Adams expressed he is willing to permit law enforcement to work more openly with U.S.
The incidents include a recent shooting of a tourist inside a Times Square clothing store and a group assault on two NYPD officers.'If you are repeatedly committing crimes in our city, like the individual did a serious crime and then got out and went and assaulted and did a robbery, you don't have the right to be in our city and tarnish the overwhelming number who are here following the rules,' Adams said.
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