Mayor Adams says he supports deporting migrants who commit serious crimes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Existing laws prohibit the city from cooperating with the federal immigration authorities if a foreign national has been charged with a crime but not convicted.
41% : "We should not be allowing people who are repeatedly committing crimes to remain here and we cannot collaborate with ICE in the process," the mayor said during a news conference.
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 group said in a statement.
36% : "If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported.

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