Adams calls for change to New York City's sanctuary city laws in harshest statement yet

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "I want to go back to the standards of the previous mayors who I believe subscribe to my belief that people who are suspected of committing serious crimes in this city should be held accountable," Adams told reporters at City Hall.
44% : "Sanctuary city policies adopted under former mayors Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg in part allowed police to hold those arrested and charged for longer so U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could lodge a detainer on them.
41% : "What Mayor Eric Adams seeks would result in local law enforcement being able to transfer New Yorkers merely suspected of a crime to ICE, upending local criminal court proceedings while perpetuating family separation and dividing communities," the Legal Aid Society and several other public defender groups said in a joint statement.
39% : "If he's serious about changing the city's sanctuary laws, he should take executive action or give the City Council legislation to repeal the disastrous 2014 sanctuary law to untie the hands of our NYPD and allow them to cooperate with federal immigration officials who can deport these dangerous individuals from our city," GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island said in a statement.

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