Earlier today outside of City Hall, along with allies, we called out Mayor Eric Adams for meeting with incoming Border Czar Tom Homan. 

Tom Homan was the architect of family separation during the first Trump administration. He has publicly threatened to deport entire families during the next four years.  

New York has one of the largest foreign-born populations in the country, and immigrant communities here are particularly vulnerable to the horrors of family separation. Mayor Adams’ meeting with Homan undermines the values of our city, and who we are as New Yorkers.  

We reject any efforts to separate immigrant families and terrorize our communities. During our rally, our members and allies made it clear to New Yorkers who Tom Homan is and why Mayor Adams should not meet with him. We won’t back down and are committed to fighting back any attack on immigrants, including attacks by our mayor!

Mayor Adams has repeatedly demonized undocumented immigrants, from implying that they can be stripped of their right to due process to using them as scapegoats for his mismanagement of the City budget. But we can see right through him, and we will continue to call him out on it. 

New York must continue to stand firm on its promise to protect immigrants. We’ll call out any local elected official who undermines our safety, and push for state and local policies to protect communities. Immigrant communities are here to stay, support the fight to protect our futures with a year end gift today.

Thank you for being part of this fight. We protect us!

In solidarity,

— Jennifer Hernandez, Director of Campaigns