In response to Mayor Eric Adams’ “no plan” to deal with the Trump administration’s deportation attempts, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams asked him to join legal battles against the president’s executive order to revoke birthright citizenship. According to her, “the most perverted views of our past are indeed returning today,” as several other cities prepared for this government and for the events that were anticipated in advance.
The order was declared “blatantly unconstitutional” by a court, but President Trump promised to fight. “This city should join the legal challenge to this unconstitutional action,” Speaker Adams said, adding that no president has the authority to alter constitutional amendments by executive order.
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New York City has not filed a lawsuit over the directive, but more than two dozen states and two localities have. “The administration of New York City, like so many other cities, had no plan to prepare for the situation,” said Speaker Adams, expressing dissatisfaction at the mayor’s lack of preparation.
At a town hall meeting, Mayor Adams encouraged New Yorkers to go about their everyday lives and assured them that “we are going to continue to stand up for all New Yorkers, documented or undocumented.” It is our responsibility to ensure that everyone in our city receives the services they are entitled to.
