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Eric Adams: “The federal government is in charge of immigrant immigration…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Announce Citywide Expansion of Quality of Life Initiative in New York City

Published | Video Starts at 26:19

And so we will dig into exactly what the next steps are. But I can't be clearer. The federal government is in charge of immigrant immigration enforcement. They are in charge of that. And we are not going to collaborate with civil enforcement. And we're going to encourage people to not live in fear and go on with their lives. (26:19–26:24)

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Asserts that immigration enforcement is the responsibility of the federal government.

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