Tom Homan Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Mayor Eric Adams go to “FOX & Friends” at Fox Information Channel Studios in Midtown Manhattan on Feb. 14, 2025.
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Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, appeared to threaten Mayor Eric Adams because the pair sat side-by-side on reside TV Friday morning, saying he could be “up [the mayor’s] butt” if Hizzoner doesn’t come by means of on executing Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Homan made the stunning comment throughout a Friday morning interview with himself and Adams on FOX & Buddies following a gathering between the 2 in Manhattan on Thursday. That summit resulted in Adams vowing to as soon as once more permit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers to function on Rikers Island.
However Homan warned that there will probably be penalties if Adams doesn’t ship on his guarantees to the border czar in a passable method.
“If he doesn’t come through, I’ll be back in New York City,” Homan warned. “And we won’t be sitting on a couch. I’ll be in his office, up his butt, saying where the hell is the agreement we came to.”
The mayor, who sat beside Homan laughing, added “and I want ICE to deliver, we’re going to deliver for the safety of the American people.”
Adams and Homan additionally appeared collectively in a virtually hour-long interview with Dr. Phil McGraw that was launched Friday afternoon.
Homan’s menace comes simply days after Trump’s Justice Division directed Manhattan federal prosecutors to drop Adams’ prison corruption case. Within the DOJ memo requesting Adams’ prices be dismissed, appearing Deputy Lawyer Common Emil Bove stated Adams’ case was stopping him from helping in Trump’s immigration agenda.
The directive set off a spate of resignations at SDNY and the principle DOJ on Thursday and Friday. Those that left their posts quite than write a movement to dismiss Adams’ prices included former appearing Manhattan US Lawyer Danielle Sassoon, Assistant US Lawyer Hagan Scotten, and 5 officers within the DOJ’s Public Integrity Division.
In the course of the Fox interview, Adams recommended that he needs to permit the NYPD to collaborate with ICE on civil enforcement issues, which isn’t presently allowed beneath town’s sanctuary legal guidelines. The mayor stated he would love the Metropolis Council to loosen town’s sanctuary legal guidelines so cops can cooperate with ICE on detaining undocumented immigrants for civil offenses — including “if you have committed a crime.”
“What I asked the City Council to do, change the bill that was already in place and modify it,” Adams stated. “That if you are committing a crime, that we should be able to collaborate with ICE, even on civil enforcement if you have committed a crime.”
However Adams’ workplace shortly walked again his feedback after the New York Put up reported on them.
“Let me be very clear, I am not opening the door to civil immigration enforcement with the federal government,” he stated in an announcement to the Put up. “I believe the federal government should pursue dangerous criminals, including undocumented individuals, as our city’s local laws have long stated only through criminal enforcement actions.”
Homan stated the mayor had dedicated to “some other things” of their assembly that he didn’t wish to disclose as a result of the Metropolis Council could be “putting roadblocks upon us.” He added that they’re taking a look at methods to “word around” the council to alter town’s sanctuary legal guidelines.
“I’ve got to be very careful because the City Council, they hate me, right?” Homan stated. “The City Council, they don’t want immigration enforcement in this city.”
Like a lot of Adams’ actions this week, the interview invited virtually rapid backlash from fellow metropolis pols.
Metropolis Council Member Tiffany Cabán, a long-time Adams critic, referred to as the mayor’s look on Fox an “historic public humiliation” for town.
“It is clear as day: the mayor is compromised. He has chosen self-preservation over the safety of New Yorkers,” Cabán stated. “Our city should be a safe haven for our neighbors, not a political playground for Trump’s cronies. We cannot allow Trump and his lackeys to install themselves in our city’s halls of power.”
Cabán referred to as for the mayor to both resign or for Gov. Kathy Hochul to take away him from workplace.
State Sen. Jessica Ramos expressed an identical sentiment in a Friday social media publish, calling the interview “humiliating for us all.”
“I said Eric Adams was Trump’s puppet last night but not even I thought the administration would literally threaten to be ‘up his butt’ if he didn’t do their bidding,” Ramos wrote. “Gov. Hochul must remove him from office.”
