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New York City\u2019s mayor cancelled a trip to the southern border over the weekend due to security concerns.<\/p>\n
The Democrat was expected to meet with U.S. immigration leaders in Brownsville and McAllen, Texas as his city struggles to house new migrants seeking asylum.<\/p>\n
Adams\u2019 office later said the U.S. State Department flagged safety concerns that cause him to cancel the trip.<\/p>\n
Adams said Friday he planned to speak with immigration leaders who \u201call applaud what we have done\u201d and want to \u201crally around us and have other municipalities come and see what we\u2019re doing to duplicate what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
In September 2023, Adams said illegal immigration will \u201cdestroy\u201d New York City.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me tell you something New Yorkers: Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don\u2019t see an ending to this. I don\u2019t see an ending to this. This issue will destroy New York City, destroy New York City. We\u2019re getting 10,000 migrants a month,\u201d he said at the time. <\/p>\n
\u201cOne time we were just getting Venezuela, now we\u2019re getting Ecuador, now we\u2019re getting Russian-speaking coming through Mexico, now we\u2019re getting Western Africa, now we\u2019re getting people from all over the globe have made their minds up that they\u2019re going to come through the southern part of the border and come into New York City.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd everyone is saying, \u2018It\u2019s New York City\u2019s problem.\u2019 Every community in this city is going to be impacted. We have a $12 billion deficit that we\u2019re going to have to cut every service in this city is going to be impacted. All of us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adams added that problems from illegal immigration are \u201cgoing to come to your neighborhoods. All of us are going to be impacted by this.\u201d<\/p>\n