“Fear is winning”Adams said during his first encounter with Latin media in the Mayor’s Office, accompanied by Vicealcalde for Housing, Puerto Rican Adolfo Carrión, and the Vicealcaldesa of Strategic Affairs, Ana Almanzar, First Dominican appointed in this position in the city.
“I have been consistent with my message: ICE will not go to schools, it will not go to prayer centers, it is not in hospitals“, The Democrat reiterated, who tried unsuccessfully to repeat in one sentence “Live your life” in Spanish despite the help of journalists and Carrión himself, who wrote the phrase on a sheet of paper in his hands and showed it to the official.
Adams told EFE questions that at 65 it is very difficult to learn the language and recalled that It is the mayor of a city where various languages are spoken.
According to the Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA, in English) of the Mayor’s Office, In the streets of this city more than 400 languages are spoken.
The mayor, who has said that he will seek re -election in November as an independent candidate, stressed that New York “He has a story of caring for people“Regardless of their origin and also told immigrants that” they cannot surrender to the fear of not being able to live their life “due to the mass deportation campaign that Trump has launched.
The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, tells immigrants who reside in the city to “live their life” without fear of being arrested by ICE, who has intensified arrests and expulsions from the country quickly.https://t.co/mev2owfu8b
– Efe News (@Efenoticias) April 25, 2025
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