The Situation: Mayor Adams stating he desires to deport unlawful migrants who’ve been accused of crimes.
Effectively, I suppose it’s good to listen to that Mayor Adams will probably be cooperating with President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan (“ ‘Cancel Me, I Don’t Care,’ ” Dec. 4).
The Put up exhibits how the mayor has needed to maneuver varied points of the migrant disaster.
Nonetheless, I keep in mind that President Biden didn’t meet with Adams when he visited Washington to plead for assist.
Regardless of being ignored, nevertheless, Adams went on to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.
That was pure lock-step politics and really disappointing.
I suppose Adams has seen the writing on the wall and can help with the removing of unlawful immigrants.
It’s solely unhappy that he didn’t name out Washington politicians earlier.
Sallyanne Ferrero
Naples, Fla.
Eric Adams is as soon as once more talking with vital bluster, as he normally does when in a tough state of affairs.
New Yorkers ought to take heed to him however stay skeptical till his discuss is matched with measurable outcomes.
The actual achievements he generates typically fall in need of his verbal bravado.
Hopefully, I’m improper this time, for the sake of New York.
J. Mancuso
Naples, Fla.
It feels like Eric Adams is doing a 180-turn, maybe hoping for a future pardon from Trump.
New York is a multitude as a result of Adams did nothing to cease the stream of unlawful immigrants after which opted to deal with lots of them in high-end resorts.
This disaster has disrupted our health-care system and our public colleges.
Town is now accommodating tens of hundreds of migrants, lots of them unvetted.
Adams should instantly cancel NYC’s sanctuary metropolis standing.
J.R. Cummings
Manhattan
This can be a traditional instance of too little, too late.
Adams initially welcomed migrants with open arms, in all probability as a result of he thought another person was paying for it.
His virtue-signaling stopped him from seeing the mess he was creating.
The consequence?
Crime, prices and extra division.
Now Adams desires deportations, sometimes altering his stance when he thinks it’s going to make him look higher.
The mayor ought to really feel ashamed for the harm he has triggered.
Chris Plate
Waterloo
President Dwight Eisenhower deported unlawful immigrants by sending them to the middle of Mexico, not simply close to our border.
We should always make it tough and costly to return right here.
John Phillip Jaeger
Irvine, Calif.
Two years in the past, busloads of migrants have been coming into New York, and Adams was greeting them with open arms.
Now he’s stating he desires to work with Tom Homan, who’s slated to turn out to be Trump’s border czar, in deporting illegal-migrant criminals.
Effectively, if that’s the case, then he wants to maneuver ahead.
Speak is affordable and actions communicate louder than phrases.
Gene O’Brien
Whitestone
I need to thank Mayor Adams for saying he’ll work with Trump to deport migrant criminals.
Adams has the braveness to do the proper factor and to maintain us protected, not like another politicians.
I’ll all the time vote for him.
Reena Fettner
Little Neck
Mayor Adams fools nobody. He allowed this metropolis to be overrun by unlawful immigrants, and our taxpayer cash has been funding it.
Corporations and New Yorkers alike are fleeing like by no means earlier than.
The place has the mayor been for almost three years by all this?
Largely in opposition to deportation, calling NYC a sanctuary metropolis.
Now, for political expediency, he says he’ll work with Trump on deportations.
Good luck with that, Adams, since you are politically completed.
Dori Harasek
Staten Island
If it wasn’t for Trump’s victory, Mayor Adams wouldn’t be talking strongly concerning the deportation of felony migrants.
This explicit election was a blessing for New York Metropolis Democrats.
I’m wondering if they may understand that.
Ron Zajicek
Cortland
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