New York Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Trump administration for cracking down on criminal illegal immigrants, which he said has helped to reduce the stream of immigrants seeking shelter in the city by over 1,000% from the peak of the migrant crisis under former President Joe Biden.
Adams, a Democrat, has differed significantly from members of the rest of his party on immigration issues and in recent months has been willing to work with the Trump administration and border czar Tom Homan on immigration enforcement actions on criminal illegal aliens.
Speaking at a press conference Monday, Adams called the migrant crisis “probably the largest humanitarian crisis the city has ever experienced,” adding, “I am in alignment with whatever we have to do legally to keep our city safe.”
He credited the decline in migrants entering the city to a “combination” of shifting city policies and federal immigration actions before and after President Donald Trump took office.
“We are helping asylum seekers take the next steps in their journeys, and we are saving taxpaying New Yorkers millions of dollars,” said Adams.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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