Brian Lear on WNYC, and now, as usual on Wednesdays, our lead Eric Adams reporter, Elizabeth

Kim, with excerpts from, analysis of, and to take some phone calls and texts about Mayor

Adams' weekly Tuesday news conference. Liz's top headline on Gothamist today, the written version.

Mayor Adams says undocumented New Yorkers aren't owed due process defying the Constitution.

And here's part of the exchange the mayor had on that.

I'm an American.

Americans have certain rights.

You know, the Constitution is for Americans.

And I'm not a person that snuck into this country.

My ancestors have been here for a long time.

Joining us now to break down that exchange, plus what Mayor Eric Adams hopes a second Trump administration

might do to stem the migrant crisis, as he calls it, in New York City.

And much more is Elizabeth Kim, WNYC, and Gothamist lead Eric Adams reporter.

Hi, Liz. Happy Wednesday, Brian.

Want to talk about that clip?

Sure. I mean, to me, it was quite astonishing, not only because the mayor was incorrect,

but also because of the politics of this mayor. I mean, he,

as Brooklyn Borough president and as mayor, has gone out of his way to cultivate ties,

donor relationships within the immigrant community. Now, I imagine, you know, many of those immigrants are

citizens, but I also imagine that some of them are not citizens. And it's ironic because the mayor is

currently one of the reasons he's being indicted is for accepting illegal foreign donations.

So this relationship that he has with the immigrant community is quite deep.

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