Overview
- Adams said asylum-seeker inflows have fallen below 100 per week thanks to President Trump’s tightened border security
- He estimated New York City spent $7.7 billion over three years on housing and services for migrants under Biden-era policies
- The mayor argued that his 2024 federal corruption indictment was retaliation for his criticism of the Biden administration’s border handling
- Adams highlighted cooperation with ICE to target dangerous individuals after reports of gang members entering city shelters
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blamed the city’s sanctuary and shelter laws for enabling a suspect to wound an off-duty Border Patrol agent during an attempted robbery