'Maybe He'd Have More Support Today': Kristi Noem Jabs NYC Mayor Eric Adams After Off-Duty CPB Officer Shot

During a press briefing on Monday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem criticized NYC Mayor Eric Adams for his policies on immigration.

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00:00I can't speak directly if there was an ice detainer out against this individual right

00:14at this time, but he had been arrested four different times, had several charges against

00:19him. If you remember, I spoke about his charges in Massachusetts as well for kidnapping. He

00:24had charges against him for larceny. This individual should have been deported and never

00:28been in this country, and that is one of the individuals that should have been prosecuted

00:33for his crimes, and then he would have been on our radar and we would have been able to

00:37remove him.

00:38And if I could, there was a detainer, but the issue, as the Secretary said, is he was arrested

00:43at least three or four times by NYPD. Well, they're not allowed to work with ice on your

00:48sanctuary city policies. That's what the Secretary is getting to. Cops should be working with

00:52the cops. This should be a nonpartisan issue. Cops working with the cops to keep New York

00:57safe. We're not asking them to be immigration officers. We're asking them to help us remove

01:02public safety threats from the country, but NYPD is not allowed to do that. That's exactly

01:07what happened in this case.

01:10We have spoken with him about the policies before and asked him to change those policies.

01:18There's times that the NYPD, and I believe it's still in place, that if one of our officers

01:23is in jeopardy, they're still backing us up on that, but not doing operations with us, which

01:28does happen in many other cities and other jurisdictions. We wish we had that kind of partnership

01:34with Mayor Adams, and I know you guys have got a leadership election in this country or

01:38in this city that's going to be happening soon. Boy, start looking at the candidates today

01:41and see which one is going to start making this city safer, because you've got a mayor

01:46today that could have done better, and could have done better, and maybe he'd have more

01:50support today if he had, if he'd have put his people first.

01:52If you look at Commander Schell of NYPD did an op-ed last night that I read, and I saw him

01:58doing it real smart. He's got four decades, NYPD. Even he spoke up and said this should never

02:04have happened. NYPD should be working with us. I'm Criminal Advice.