New York Town Mayor Eric Adams is ready to testify subsequent month at a Space Oversight Committee listening to on sanctuary towns, his administrative center showed Wednesday.
Adams will seem along fellow Democratic mayors Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Michelle Wu of Boston and Mike Johnston of Denver, in keeping with Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who introduced March 5 because the date for the listening to.
Comer stated Wednesday that the 4 mayors have all showed their attendance. Johnson showed in a observation that he’ll seem sooner than the committee. The Hill has reached out to Wu’s and Johnston’s places of work for affirmation.
“Sanctuary mayors have prioritized criminal illegal aliens over the American people. They owe Americans an explanation for their policies that jeopardize public safety and violate federal immigration law by releasing dangerous criminal illegal aliens back onto the streets,” Comer stated in a social media put up.
“We will press these mayors for answers and examine measures to enforce compliance with federal immigration law,” Comer added.
Adams, a centrist Democrat, has pledged to paintings with the Trump management to strengthen immigration enforcement. He has additionally criticized the town’s sanctuary town regulations however has stated he would put in force the regulations in position.
“Mayor Adams has been transparent that New York Town is dedicated to operating with our federal companions to mend our damaged immigration gadget and concentrate on the small collection of people who find themselves coming into our localities and committing violent crimes,” the mayor’s press secretary, Kayla Mamelak Altus, stated in an emailed observation.
“We have been in communication with the Congressional Oversight Committee on their questions around immigration enforcement, and we look forward to speaking with them on March 5,” she endured.
Adams has taken steps to shed light on he is able to paintings with the brand new management. He met with Trump in a while sooner than his inauguration and together with his handpicked “border czar” in December. He stated at a press convention later on that the 2 males have the similar immigration objectives.
“His goal is the same goal I have,” Adams stated throughout a press convention after the December assembly, which Adams asked. “We cannot allow dangerous individuals to commit repeated … acts of violence in our cities across America.”
Adams stated the town would offer protection to the rights of immigrants who’re “hardworking, giving back to the city in a real way,” however he stated, “this can’t be a safe haven for violent individuals.”
