During a press briefing, NYC Mayor Eric Adams was asked about the Trump Administration arresting people at immigration hearings.
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00:00Going back to Dylan's case, and I get your point that mayors have limited power here,
00:05but you are someone who's met with the President before and have spoken about how you're,
00:11I think your goal when doing that is to help New York City. If you were to sit down with
00:17President Trump, or the next time you do, would you explicitly tell him that this strategy,
00:22his administration's strategy, of making arrests at these hearings, that you disagree with that,
00:29and you would like that to not happen in the city?
00:31Listen, I say this over and over again, and that's why people like talking to me,
00:36because I don't go into private conversations. You know, you don't hear me calling you,
00:42giving you tips and leaks. People are comfortable with speaking with me, because I don't go into
00:47private conversations. And so any conversation I have in a private conversation with the President,
00:54I will tell you about an outcome of something, but I'm not going to go into private conversations.
00:58But again, I'm going to say again to you, to all of you, there are other offices in this city.
01:06I really believe that thorough journalism will start asking the questions to those who are empowered
01:12to deal with this issue. Federal authorities are empowered to deal with this issue. And dealing
01:19with this issue is not merely holding rallies. Go to the federal authorities who are elected to handle
01:27this issue. I'm elected to handle city issues. I'm elected to have 230,000 people come into the city.
01:34I'm elected to educate their children. I'm elected to put in programs where allow them to get work
01:39authorization. All the things that I am required to do, I'm doing. Federal lawmakers have to deal with
01:47immigration reform and all of those other issues around what is playing out. That's the job of
01:54federal officials. Why is that challenging to understand?
02:00JR, what's up, man? How are you?
02:03Good afternoon, Mr.
02:04Sorry to cut you off. I'm so sorry.
02:07Yeah, yeah. Just on that point, okay, so you don't want to talk about your private
02:10discussions with the President. Would you publicly call on him right now to roll back this new
02:17initiative to target people at immigration hearings?
02:19Well, I think the amicus brief points out what our position is on that. I would ask all of you to
02:28read the amicus briefs and see what our public position is. The public position is clear. I have
02:34not moved away from my position. I have not vacillated back and forth. It's very clear. The amicus brief
02:41point out, I don't want people to be fearful to go to court.
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