Mayor Eric Adams has been called to Washington DC later this month to testify before a congressional committee about the Big Apple’s sanctuary city policies. Adams was sent a letter by the

Mayor Eric Adams conceded Saturday that the Big Apple’s hands are tied and won’t be able to assist federal immigration officials in President-elect Donald Trump’s large-scale deportation plan because of New York’s existing sanctuary city status.

Adams, who attended Donald Trump's inauguration, has stated he would not assist the federal government with deportations.

New York City will “coordinate” with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deporting migrant criminals, Mayor Eric Adams said this week as major cities brace for President

Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

And he has declined, repeatedly, to criticize Trump when pressed by reporters. He has expressed no qualms with Trump’s executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and end birthright citizenship. In fact, it’s hard to remember when he last offered a negative word for the incendiary president.

Mayor Eric Adams declined to take a clear stance on whether immigration arrests should be allowed at sensitive locations including schools.

Even fixing the border, though, doesn’t help city officials deal with the influx of migrants into the city, Adams said. Over the last few years, there’s been a large number of people coming into NYC, including migrants on buses sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he plans to work with President Donald Trump’s new administration, not “war” with it, as the federal government begins to take a more hardline approach to immigration.

Mayor Eric Adams hosted a town hall in Corona Wednesday evening as part of the mayor's Talk with Eric Community Conversation Series

Enforcement was already on the rise before Trump’s inauguration. Now street sellers are avoiding any risk of getting a criminal ticket that could make them ICE targets.

As the federal crackdown on immigration continues​, Mayor Eric Adams has been to testify on NYC's sanctuary city status.