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Eric Adams: “We spent over $8 billion [on migrants and asylum seekers]…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Final thoughts from Mayor Eric Adams as his term ends | The Point Full Episode 12.21.25

Published | Video Starts at 05:28

And I thought that there was a lot of anger around my posture and position about the migrants and asylum seekers. This was heard in New York. We spent over $8 billion [on migrants and asylum seekers], and we still have not seen the fallout of that money. And I think that there were people in that administration who got angry. And this was a way of doing the same thing that happened to Brian Benjamin, because people forget about that. (05:28–05:35)

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Claims over $8 billion was spent on migrants and asylum seekers without seeing the results.

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