New York City Mayor Eric Adams publicly credited President Donald Trump for effectively securing the southern U.S. border and blamed former President Joe Biden’s administration for allowing the migrant crisis to spiral out of control, costing New York taxpayers billions and overwhelming city resources, as reported by The New York Post.
During an interview on “Pod Force One” with Miranda Devine, Adams stated:
“The Trump administration secured the border, and because of that, you’re not seeing the thousands of people coming in, and it has been a real relief for our city.”
According to Adams, Biden’s failure to stem the flow of illegal immigration into the country forced the city to spend $7.7 billion over three years to shelter and support over 237,000 migrants.
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At the peak, New York City saw up to 4,000 new arrivals per week. Adams emphasized that this funding squeeze strained other essential city services.
“Seven billion of that went to the crisis. That just was not sustainable. I tried my best to explain to DC over and over again and they just didn’t hear it,” he said.
Adams, who is running for re-election as an independent, said the situation created ongoing tensions with Biden and his team, who failed to respond to the city's repeated requests for assistance.
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The mayor recalled multiple meetings with Biden and top White House officials. Although he admitted forgetting specific names due to a “senior moment,” Adams confirmed that Tom Perez, one of Biden’s senior aides, was among those he briefed.
“His team probably told him that everything was under control, when, in fact, everything was not under control. Everything was out of control,” Adams said.
In one meeting, Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul described the crisis as a “five-alarm fire” directly to Biden, urging him to halt the overwhelming migrant flow.
Adams also confirmed that gang members had entered the city among migrant families, referencing the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, which served as a central intake center before being closed.
“Governor Hochul and I sat down and spoke with the president and shared with him that his people are not giving him real information, that the flow had to stop and it just never did,” Adams said.
“It just got worse as time went on until we saw the securing of the border.”
Adams suggested that his public criticism of Biden’s border policies led to his own federal indictment, brought by Manhattan prosecutors during Biden’s term.
While he said he had no direct evidence implicating Biden personally, Adams claimed, “yes I do believe” Biden’s subordinates ordered the prosecution.
The case was ultimately dismissed by a federal judge after the Trump administration’s Justice Department opted not to pursue the charges.
Adams denied any quid pro quo with the Trump administration, saying the only time he spoke with Trump was during the Al Smith fundraising dinner hosted by the Archdiocese of New York last year.
At that event, Adams said Trump told him he had been unfairly prosecuted.
Since Trump took office, Adams noted a dramatic decline in new migrant arrivals, stating, “We’re now down to less than 100 migrant asylum seekers coming into our city a week, and that’s due to this securing of the border.”
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Adams also defended U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying:
“We have to stop classifying ICE as an illegal operation. They’re not. They are a federal governmental law enforcement entity, and we will coordinate with them when we go after illegal, dangerous people, and we have done that.”
Adams detailed how the city converted around 100 hotels into emergency shelters and created a new shelter system within months to accommodate the influx. He said the city also managed to educate 50,000 migrant children during the crisis.
“We had to build an entire shelter system within months … educate 50,000 children, make sure we had to feed, clothe and house,” he said.
Due to New York’s sanctuary policies and right-to-shelter laws, the city was unable to stop incoming buses of migrants or grant them work permits. Despite these limitations, Adams said he was proud of the city’s response.
“This was an unbelievable achievement that the team was able to accomplish, and I really am pleased by the leaders of this administration who did it,” he said.
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