Mayor Eric Adams visited migrants in Ecuador but did NOT tell them not to come to NYC as the city strains under the pressure of a massive influx overwhelming shelters and financial resources
- NYC Mayor Eric Adams met with migrants at a family shelter in Ecuador
- He talked to the residents of Fundación Gotitas de Oblación in Quito
- But staffers say he did not tell asylum seekers not to come to the US
New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with migrants in Ecuador but stopped short of telling them not to come to the Big Apple.
Adams greeted residents of a family shelter in Quito as part of his tour of Latin America in which he is believed to have intended to deter asylum seekers from trying to enter the US.
But staff members at the Fundación Gotitas de Oblación, where Adams spent about an hour with 10 migrant families, were surprised to learn that Adams intended to deter people from going to Gotham, The comments reports.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams met with migrants at a family shelter in Ecuador
Adams is expected to discuss solutions to the migrant crisis during his travels
During his visit, he addressed the media with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Gustavo Manrique (R)
He was seen out and about in the historic center of Quito meeting asylum seekers
“I didn’t know anything about it,” one of the shelter’s supervisors said through a translator.
“He just came to say good job.”
Employees claimed Adams was eager to learn about the nonprofit shelter and the services it provides, as well as how they help migrants in the workplace and at home.
One worker who gave Adams a tour of the facility claimed the mayor never brought up migrants — or the US.
New York City is buckling under the strain of the massive influx of migrants that has overwhelmed its shelter system and strained financial resources.
The estimated cost of accommodating them is expected to tip $4.7 billion. The staggering cost is equal to the city’s sanitation, fire and parks budgets combined.
Adams also traveled to Mexico to discourage asylum seekers from traveling to the city because it is “competent.”
The state is struggling to accommodate the 122,000 who have arrived in 18 months – which is in stark contrast to when it welcomed them in person last year.
“This is just the beginning of the journey to try to be on the ground and understand the whole stream of migrants and asylum seekers,” Adams said.
Adams (L) and Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique held a meeting at the Najas Palace
A bus carrying migrants arrived in New York on September 4 after illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border
Migrants who arrived by bus from Texas and were dropped off at Port Authority boarded a black City of New York van and were taken to the family shelter in The Bronx.
The comments came as he arrived in Mexico City for a four-day trip before arriving in Ecuador. He will also travel to Colombia to speak with leaders there.
Later, speaking at the base of a basilica in the city where people often pray before leaving on their journeys, Adams said he hoped to “manage expectations” of migrants leaving on their journeys.
On Tuesday, Eric pleaded with a judge to end the city’s longstanding “right to shelter” law, asking that it be voided in a state of emergency.
The city has been suspending the policy for months amid the migrant surge, arguing that the requirement was never intended to be applied to a humanitarian crisis like the latest influx.
Adams’ plea and his trip to Mexico to discourage migrants mark a stunning turnaround from the beginning of the crisis when he went to the Port Authority to welcome a bus full of asylum seekers sent by Republican Gov. Gregg Abbot of Texas .
Adams said: ‘As the mayor of New York, I have to provide services to families that are here, and that’s what we’re going to do – our responsibility as a city, and I’m proud that it’s a right to shelter- state is , and we continue to do so.’