Adams Declares ‘Sanctuary City’ New York Has ‘No More Room’ for Migrants

Adams says he is hoping to work on a plan to take up immigration issues with other mayors at a gathering of the United States Conference of Mayors this week.

Fabien Levy/Office of the Mayor
New York City's Mayor Adams at a section of the wall separating the United States and Mexico near El Paso, Texas. Fabien Levy/Office of the Mayor

New York’s mayor, once a strident opponent of what he called President Trump’s “racist” border wall, got a first-hand look at that wall over the weekend and declared the nation’s immigration system broken. 

During a trip to El Paso, Texas, Eric Adams called on his fellow mayors around the country — and the federal government — to step up their efforts to curtail the number of immigrants streaming into America’s largest so-called sanctuary city.

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