“The Constitution is for Americans,” Adams said, contradicting amendments that grant due process to all persons regardless of immigration status.
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday incorrectly asserted that undocumented immigrants are not entitled the right to due process under the U.S. Constitution, aligning himself with a notion previously expressed by President-elect Donald Trump.
The mayor has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges, which he has claimed were politically motivated. Trump has expressed sympathy for Adams, suggesting that he could offer the mayor a pardon.“Mayor Adams is wrong,” Murad Awawdeh, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, said of Adams' statement. “He is ripping a page from Trump’s playbook, stoking fear and spreading disinformation.
Adams also repeated his desire to scale back the city’s sanctuary rules, which restrict city officials from cooperating with federal immigration agents. New York City mayors going back to Ed Koch, who was in office from 1978 to 1989, have pointed to sanctuary policies to encourage immigrants to use city services, such as hospitals, schools and police without fear of deportation.
On Tuesday, Adams told reporters he had reached out to meet with Tom Homan, Trump’s appointed “border czar” who favors an aggressive crackdown. He has said he would use the military to assist with the deportation program and order workplace raids.has shown that immigrant communities are responsible for lower rates of crime than U.S.-born citizens. Adams himself has said immigrants are largely law-abiding.
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