Mayor Eric Adams was in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, advocating for a federal response in the asylum seeker crisis.
The mayor started his speech at the U.S. Conference of Mayors on a light note, responding to a joke from Miami's mayor about people leaving New York.But he quickly pivoted to people already arriving in the Big Apple, the mayor says 40,000 since last spring.Mayor Eric Adams departs El Paso, Texas, after getting first-hand look at migrant crisis
"I would tell all the immigrants that are crossing not to come," Gualotuna said in Spanish,"because life here is a bit complicated, because there's no work, and it's very hard.""But they tell me no," he said in Spanish,"because they are full." "If it means using cruise ships, if it means finding space on state land, in my conversation with the governor, we're going to continue to pivot and shift to address the influx of migrants," Adams said.
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