Last October, ahead of the mayoral election in New York City, Eric Adams made Big Apple voters a promise:
"We should protect our immigrants." Period.
Yes, New York City will remain a sanctuary city under an Adams administration. #EricOnNBC
— Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) October 20, 2021
Then in the course of several months, Adams was elected NYC’s mayor and his proud “sanctuary city” promise turned into a crisis:
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on illegal immigration affecting NYC:
"This is an opportunity for New Yorkers to move away from 'not in my backyard.' We all must share the crisis…our schools are going to be impacted. Our healthcare system is going to be impacted…" pic.twitter.com/fMTJRK5fTV
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 25, 2022
Now it’s gotten to the point that the Adams administration is considering putting illegal immigrants on cruise ships:
Mayor Eric Adams is considering housing migrants on cruise ships as New York City struggles to find shelter for a wave of new arrivals. Advocates for the homeless say the idea is insulting. https://t.co/x1PrD6KLsS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 19, 2022
For illegal immigrants arriving in what is billed as “sanctuary cities” this all must seem like a massive bait-and-switch:
So the sanctuary city isn't able to provide SANCTUARY?
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) September 19, 2022
Weird, right? It’s almost like that rhetoric was BS from the start.
From the New York Times:
As New York struggles to find housing for a wave of migrants arriving in the city, Mayor Eric Adams is seriously considering housing them on cruise ships.
Mr. Adams said for the first time on Friday that the city was weighing the idea.
“We’re examining everything, from the legality of using any type of cruise ship for temporary housing,” the mayor said on “The Point With Marcia Kramer,” on WCBS-TV. “We’re looking at everything to see how do we deal with this.”
The mayor’s chief of staff, Frank Carone, has spoken with leaders of Norwegian Cruise Line, a major cruise ship company, to discuss the possibility of housing asylum seekers on one of its ships, according to someone familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
So Adams is going from “sanctuary city” to “sanctuary cruise ship”?
Sanctuary cities never planned to actually be Sanctuary cities. Just virtue signaling. https://t.co/2kbhCnSJTi
— Ultra Extremist MAGA Dude (@libsrsmelly) September 19, 2022
And now they’re getting called out in a very public way and they don’t like it. More please!
Here's an idea. Return them to their countries of origin. They can apply to immigrate from there. https://t.co/ErYpXOcg8J
— Paige Hardy 🇺🇲😎🌞⛈🌞🚀🌴🐊🍊⛱ (@enemyofstatists) September 19, 2022
There ya go!
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