‘Welcome to reality’: Moody reacts to NYC Mayor Adams’ worries on sanctuary city policy

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sounded off on New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, calling for a reversal of his city’s “sanctuary city” policies.

Adams said the city needs to change its sanctuary city law to turn over illegal migrants who commit felony crimes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, for deportation.

A sanctuary city strangles local enforcement from blowing the whistle on the whereabouts and statuses of illegal migrants under their jurisdictions.

“When it’s convenient for them and when they are far-removed from the border crisis’s impact, radical leaders like NYC Mayor Adams are for sanctuary cities,” Moody said Tuesday. “BUT, when stuff hits the fan, suddenly they’re for changing the rules of sanctuary cities.”

“Welcome to reality, Mayor,” she said. “We’ve all been dealing with this crisis since the @JoeBiden administration took over the border.”

Adams has cast lots of blame in recent months on the U.S. government for the migrant crisis in urban areas such as his own.

Moody sent a message to Adams on the border crisis last September, when the mayor said the crisis of migrant influx could “destroy New York City.”

Moody’s warning extended to another Democratic official – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey – who in August 2023 said the Biden administration needs to better address the border crisis.

“In a direct attack, Biden sued Texas to take down the effective barrier so that more people could ILLEGALLY enter this country. And now a federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier,” Moody said.

“@NYCMayor Adams and @MassGovernor Healey should be aware that Biden is litigating to make the illegal immigration crisis even worse,” she said.

Moody, representing Florida, recently won another victory regarding the border crisis over Biden’s administration regarding U.S. parole policies for migrants.