Eric Adams Says the Migrant Crisis Will 'Destroy' New York

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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At a town hall in Manhattan, Mayor Eric Adams says that the city lacks the resources to care for the thousands of migrants arriving each month, but he blames Texas Gov. Greg Abbott instead of his fellow Democrats, including Joe Biden's border policies. Plus, the impeachment trial begins for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:33.7	New York Mayor Eric Adams sounds off on his city's migrant crisis, as Texas undertakes
0:39.4	an impeachment trial of state attorney general Ken Paxton.
0:43.8	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:46.8	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley and editorial board member
0:52.3	Manet Uquay Barua.
0:54.8	New York Mayor Eric Adams was at a town hall on the upper west side of Manhattan this
0:59.6	week when he went into a rant more or less on the city's migrant crisis, including saying
1:07.1	that he sees no end to the problem.
1:10.4	Listen to this.
1:11.6	This issue will destroy New York City, destroy New York City.
1:18.8	We're getting 10,000 migrants a month.
1:22.9	One time we were just getting Venezuela, now we getting Ecuador, now we getting Russia
1:28.4	speaking, coming through Mexico, now we getting West in Africa, now we getting people from
1:34.2	all over the globe have made their minds up that they're going to come through the southern
1:38.6	part of the border and coming to New York City.
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