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Eric Adams Fires Back At Reporter Asking If Focus On Migrant Crime Betrays Pope Francis's Example
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4/22/2025
At a press briefing, NYC Mayor Eric Adams was asked about whether his focus on migrant crime runs against his remembrance of Pope Francis.
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One noteworthy thing about Pope Francis was his really profound empathy for the downtrodden and immigrants.
00:09
Do you have any concerns that your sort of emphasis on crimes committed by migrants is sort of unfair,
00:16
given that migrants actually commit fewer crimes on a per capita basis than U.S. citizens?
00:26
I don't understand the question.
00:27
My question is, you are sort of publicly mourning Pope Francis, who had a really sort of noteworthy empathy for immigrants.
00:35
So the question is, do you have any regrets about your emphasis on the crimes committed by migrants,
00:41
given that statistically they commit crimes at a less frequent rate than U.S. citizens?
00:47
Well, tell me, what is a greater level of empathy for migrants than someone who takes in 240,000,
00:55
190,000, or going on with their next level of their lives, who educated 40,000 children,
01:02
who ensured their legal services, who ensured that they were housed, cleaned, clean environment,
01:09
clothing, fed, national leaders, Dana, has stated that, Eric, you have done what no other city has done?
01:21
What is a greater level of empathy than providing for them?
01:27
And I don't point out that when undocumented people commit a crime.
01:32
I point out when anyone commits a crime.
01:36
And so if you are documented or undocumented and you shoot a police officer or you rape a child
01:41
or you rape a 14-year-old child up in Harlem and then you're out and a few days later,
01:49
when you hurt innocent people, I'm going to push against you.
01:53
And I've done that regardless if you're documented or undocumented.
01:57
I'm on the side of innocent people, New Yorkers and Americans, that are being victimized by any group.
02:05
You know, so I know what side I'm on.
02:07
The question is, is whose side are you on?
02:09
I'm on the side of broken-class people who are being victimized by anyone,
02:14
a small number of people in this city and in this country, victimized innocent people.
02:20
And I'm not going to say because you're undocumented, I'm not going to talk about you.
02:24
No, I'm going to talk about anyone that victimizes innocent people in this city.
02:31
I'm on the side of broken-class innocent people.
02:34
The question many people need to start asking themselves is whose side are they on?
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