Trump border czar Tom Homan open to meeting Eric Adams to discuss NYC's illegal migrant population

Adams expressed hope last month that the Trump administration would do more to help him battle the sudden surge of illegal immigrants and rising crime rates from those migrants, than what the Biden administration has done.

By Misty Severi

Published: December 2, 2024 10:30pm

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar Tom Homan on Monday said that he was willing to meet with embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams to discuss the city's influx of illegal immigrants.

Adams expressed hope last month that the Trump administration would do more to help him battle the sudden surge of illegal immigrants and rising crime rates from those migrants than what the Biden administration has done.

The mayor, a Democrat, has repeatedly pushed the current administration to provide more funding for sanctuary cities who have been dealing with an influx of illegal immigrants over the past four years. New York City itself has received over 210,000 illegal immigrants over the past two years, as of October.

Homan said that he was willing to meet with "anybody" that wants to make their communities safer, including Adams.

"Prioritization out of the gate is public safety threats," Homan told Fox News on its "America's Newsroom" program. "Work with us on that. It makes your community safer. It keeps my officers safe. It keeps the community safe. Let's work together and get this done."

Homan said the date of the meeting has not been set up so far because he has not officially responded to the mayor's invitation yet, but that he will do so soon.

The comment comes after other liberal cities and states have pushed back on Trump's massive deportation plans.

California Sen. Alex Padilla said on Sunday that his state would not do the federal government's job for it, but Homan said the administration just wants access to illegal immigrants already in jail.

"Let us in your publicly funded jails to take custody of an illegal alien that you decided to lock into a jail cell, because obviously he's a public safety threat," Homan said Monday. "The California Sheriffs Association is behind us 100%. Law enforcement wants to work with us. We're not asking to be immigration officers. We're asking you to assist us in the jails."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.