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New York Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Protest as Trump’s Border Czar Meets Mayor Eric Adams

HeadlineDec 13, 2024

Here in New York, immigrant justice activists rallied outside City Hall to protest Mayor Eric Adams’s meeting with Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan, who has vowed to enact Trump’s plans for mass deportations. This is Jennifer Hernandez of Make the Road NY.

Jennifer Hernandez: “The mayor should refuse to collaborate with the federal government in the separation of families and make that clear to Tom Homan.”

Mayor Adams has said he will cooperate with federal immigration authorities, threatening New York’s current status as a sanctuary city.

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