It’s Not Leadership,’ Says AOC of Mayor Eric Adams Attack on Migrants

Mayor Adams, a former police officer turned politician, said Wednesday night that an influx of immigrants would “destroy New York City” and lamented that he could “see no end” to the perceived crisis ; he started the last conflagration. He also called for the federal government to do more to help.

It’s Not About Leadership,’ Says Mayor Eric Adams’ AOC, Attack on Migrants

However, once video footage of these remarks went viral on social media, supporters of refugee and migrant rights fought back.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Adams in a tweet on Friday. She acknowledged that the Biden administration should “step up” to do more. She added that while there are solutions to the growing migrant population, “alienating people is not one of them.”

Ocasio-Cortez said: “One of our biggest problems is not just the presence of asylum seekers. They want to work and New Yorkers want to hire them. It’s because the government is forcing people to stay in public systems [because] we won’t let them work and support themselves, that’s all they want. Work authorizations and extension [temporary protected status (TPS)] can do a lot here.

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She added that controversial speeches like Mayor Adams’s “put further away from solutions and only exacerbate tensions and obstacles.”

Ocasio-Cortez criticized those who continue to ignore the root cause of asylum seekers arriving in the United States due to poverty, security concerns or political instability in their own countries, and pass next to a key aspect of the problem.

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The congresswoman said: “If we want to reduce the number of asylum seekers in general, we need to bring American foreign policy into this conversation. We need to discuss US policy in Latin America, which is often ignored by politicians and the media, even though it is a major factor.”

Many people, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have criticized New York City’s Democratic Mayor Eric Adams for comments he made this week demonizing asylum seekers and other migrants.

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The co-founder and executive director of the Alliance Haitienne du Pont, which fights for the rights and dignity of migrants and asylum seekers in the city, Guerline Jozef, said her organization was quite alarmed by the comments of the mayor.

Queens City Council member Tiffany Cabán joined the chorus of criticism by calling Adams’ remarks “disgusting MAGA bullshit,” referencing former President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration stance and other prominent Republicans.

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While several prominent Republicans, including far-right presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, welcomed the statements, providing further evidence that the mayor’s views were more in line with those of the Republican Party than those of the Democratic Party to which he belongs.

Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless spokesman Redmond Haskins called the mayor’s remarks “reckless and unproductive scaremongering” in an interview with The Gothamist newspaper.

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Haskins said: “This dangerous rhetoric is something we would expect from fringe politicians on the far right of the political spectrum, not from the mayor of a city that has always welcomed and celebrated its community. ‘diverse and crucially important immigrants. »

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A Democratic strategist and consultant named Sawyer Hackett said of Adams: “He’s not a person any Democratic elected official should seek advice from.” »