Eric Adams: “My job is to take dangerous people off the street.”

“Even though I don't handle the federal authorities, I can't make that Clear. I don't know why people can't fully grasp that immigration enforcement is the job of federal authorities, not the mayor. My job is to take dangerous people off the street. That's what my police officers did. They took a person off the street that they charged with carrying a gun. Mr. Mayor, I want to follow up on some of the questions.” (02:20–02:25)

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