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Eric Adams: “Once the city council made it clear we're not changing the…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams Discusses Border Security and Immigration Policies with CBS News New York

Published | Video Starts at 06:35

As I stated almost a year ago, I want to look at those who are committing serious violent felonies in our city. And I want to know what are my powers? Once the. Once the city council made it clear we're not changing the sanctuary city laws to allow ICE to go after those dangerous offenders. Once they made that clear, I went to plan B and said, what are my options and my powers? And you want to see if you can make that, you can change that? (06:35–06:44)

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Asserts that the city council opposes allowing ICE to target dangerous offenders.

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