Mayor Eric Adams received effusive praise from an unlikely source for criticizing President Biden’s failure to address the unrelenting immigration crisis: former GOP Vice President Mike Pence.
“I have to commend the mayor of New York, who has been willing to criticize President Joe Biden and his administration for their utter failure to secure the southern border,” Pence said Monday night on WABC 770’s “Cats.” A.M. & Cosby Show” co-hosted by John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby.
“New York is not alone. “Every major city in the country is bursting at the seams…with this rush of millions of people being allowed into this country.”
Adams has publicly pleaded for help and criticized fellow Democrat Biden more than three dozen times — with little success — since the relentless wave of immigrant-carrying buses began pouring into the Big Apple last spring.
The dispute has soured relations between the White House and City Hall, with rounds of finger-pointing.
Earlier this spring, the Biden re-election campaign deliberately excluded Adams—the leading voice of urban America as mayor of its largest city—from its surrogate leadership team.
Former Vice President Mike Pence praised New York City Mayor Eric Adams for criticizing the Biden administration over the border crisis. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images
Pence said that New York City and other major cities across the country are “on the verge of exploding” due to the surge in migrants crossing the border. James Keivom
Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have also clashed publicly over how best to address the migrant surge.
During the radio interview, Pence said Biden was wrong to roll back the Trump-Pence administration’s tougher border policies, including building a wall along the US-Mexico border and a “go back” rule. to Mexico” for immigrants who crossed the border illegally.
The result, Pence said: “millions” more immigrants cross the border illegally.
Migrants arriving at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan on September 4, 2023.GNMiller/NYPost
Pence criticized Biden for rolling back policies like “Go Back to Mexico” and the construction of the border wall. Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
“I negotiated the ‘Return to Mexico’ policy,” said the former vice president, who dramatically curbed illegal border crossings, he said.
“Joe Biden incoherently stopped the construction of the wall. “You can go down there and see the beams lying on their sides for miles rusting in the sun.”
Pence added: “Put all those things back into effect and you will secure the southern border of the United States. I will do it the first day. [if elected president],” he said.
Adams has publicly criticized Biden over the immigration crisis.GNMiller/NYPost
More than 107,000 migrants have passed through New York City since the beginning of 2022, and 57,000 are currently receiving assistance or shelter, according to Adams.
Hizzoner has claimed that the cost of housing and providing other services to asylum seekers, so far budgeted at $5.2 billion, could top $12 billion in three years.
He has repeatedly asked Biden for help, including financial assistance and expedited work permits for immigrants, to no avail.
The Post reached out to representatives for Biden and Adams for comment.
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