Mayor Adams trashed a New York Times report that equated his helping migrants get to Canada with bus tickets upstate to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s past actions.
in which the mayor of Champlain, NY, said it was “ironic and disappointing” that his administration was funding bus trips to upstate Plattsburgh so migrants can illegally cross into the Great White North.In response to a question from “CNN This Morning” co-host Don Lemon, Adams agreed with the notion that the Times’ Wednesday report — which accused him of “echoing the points of southern leaders” — was “inaccurate.
“We are not encouraging anyone to go to another country,” Adams said. “If we speak with a migrant, interview them, find out their desires and make sure that we are assisting them like we’ve done.”Dennis A. Clark
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