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

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

Mayor Adams said Saturday he won’t be able to assist the feds with President-elect Donald Trump’s massive deportation plan because of NYC’s status as a sanctuary city. “The law is the law,” declared Adams,

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey told the Pennsylvania Press Club Monday that he would not work with ICE but instead work to make his city “more welcoming."

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.

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.

ICE agents conducted roundups in New York City, and a day later, local authorities announced their own gang takedown. In immigrant neighborhoods, fear was palpable.

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participated in a federal immigration operation in New York City on Tuesday, catching "dirtbags" in the city.