Mayor Adams will testify earlier than a Republican oversight listening to on sanctuary cities, his workplace confirmed on Wednesday.
The mayors of Boston, Chicago and Denver have additionally confirmed their attendance for the March 5 listening to, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairperson of the Home Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform, mentioned on social media Wednesday.
Comer launched the probe into cities with sanctuary insurance policies finally “to enforce compliance with federal immigration law,” he wrote. The committee has requested every of the mayors to offer them with supplies about their sanctuary insurance policies.
“Sanctuary mayors have prioritized criminal illegal aliens over the American people,” Comer mentioned on Twitter. “They owe Americans an explanation for their policies that jeopardize public safety and violate federal immigration law.”
The Huge Apple’s sanctuary insurance policies block cooperation between native regulation enforcement and federal immigration authorities and ban these brokers from metropolis jails, colleges and church buildings, amongst different places. The legal guidelines intention to make sure immigrants can use metropolis providers and report crimes with out concern of deportation.
Adams has mentioned he’ll observe the legal guidelines of the town — however has typically mentioned he needs to vary them.
After a December assembly with border czar Tom Homan, Adams mentioned he could use govt orders to change New York Metropolis’s present sanctuary protections.
“I’m going to use my executive power to go after dangerous people who are committing violent acts as migrants and asylum seekers,” Adams mentioned.
The listening to comes as ICE brokers have began rounding up undocumented immigrants, together with in New York Metropolis, as a part of President Trump’s deportation agenda.
Since then, Adams has repeatedly mentioned that he helps the deportations of criminals and that he needs to safe the border.
“We cannot have porous borders,” the mayor mentioned Monday. “We have to make sure that our borders are secured, it’s a public safety issue.”
Adams has mentioned he received’t publicly criticize Trump, however as an alternative will cope with him immediately on any problems with concern.
