For years, New York City leaders have relished the status of being a so-called sanctuary city, where local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials is limited.
On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams made it clear that his views were different.
If he had his way, he said he would permit law enforcement in New York City to work openly with immigration authorities to more readily deport migrants who were suspected — not necessarily convicted — of serious crimes.
“I don’t subscribe to that theory.”A reporter asked Mr. Adams, a first-term Democrat, about due process.
“They didn’t give due process to the person that they shot or punched or killed,” the mayor countered.
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