By Esteban Cabrera
New York: The conflict of interest that the immigration crisis has created in New York appears to have exacerbated tempers between the Biden administration and Mayor Eric Adams in such a way that it seems to have passed the point of no return with possible consequences that could in risk the certain re-election of the New York mayor after unleashing the fury of President Biden.
More than 10,000 irregular immigrants arrive uncontrollably every month in New York, testing the city’s security network and exhausting all economic resources. That has forced the mayor to criticize Biden’s immigration policy. This has not gone down well with the president because they come from an important ally that manages one of the most liberal Democratic strongholds, such as New York, and could exact a political price that Biden will not have the money left to pay back in a pre-election year.
Adams had proposed as a solution the extension of work permits to immigrants by granting them temporary protected status (TPS). That has not gone down well with the Biden administration because expanding TPS could attract more undocumented immigrants to the United States, something that Republicans would use against the president in the elections.
“This issue will destroy New York City,” Adams said, drawing applause from Republicans and the ire of President Joe Biden. Last year, New York has spent more than $1.5 billion to help more than 100,000 new immigrants.
Biden and Homeland Security officials question whether TPS is an instant solution. Adams understands that TPS does not legally require waiting to obtain work permits, while the asylum process does, so bureaucratic simplification could shorten that stay.
Was it a coincidence that a federal investigation into an alleged corruption scandal was opened precisely when Adams visited the White House?
On Thursday, October 27, New York Mayor Eric Adams abruptly aborted his visit to the White House, where he would exhaust a busy agenda regarding his unsympathetic demands in the Biden administration regarding the immigration crisis. New York City.
Coinciding with Adams’ visit to Washington, the FBI raided the home of his top fundraiser, Brianna Suggs, as part of a public corruption investigation linking Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign to a straw donation scheme. The Turkish government and a Brooklyn construction company to direct foreign donations to Adams’ campaign coffers.
Upon his return to New York, Adams declared that they maintain their campaign with the highest ethical standards. “Any consultation made, we will be fully involved and ensure it is done correctly. No one from any law enforcement agency has contacted me. And that’s why I came back from Washington, D.C., to be here on the ground and observe this investigation as it was done,” Adams said.
The moderate Democrat’s popularity remains sky-high, especially among the middle-class black and Latino voters. However, all the alarms about possible political repression by the Biden administration raise suspicions that the Department of Justice could be used for the political destruction of an ally that has become an obstacle due to the immigration issue.
KSK Construction, the construction company involved in the investigation, was raided by the federal prosecutor’s offices in the eastern and southern districts of New York. The FBI confirmed to the media that its agents had carried out a police action at the tax collector’s offices. Funds for Adams’s campaign, Brianna Suggs. Multiple police actions against figures close to the Adams administration accompanied this.
In July, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged six contributors to Adams’ campaign with running a straw donor scheme, and two pleaded guilty. Bragg later accused Adams’ buildings commissioner of accepting bribes for favors and access to the administration; he resigned after denying any wrongdoing.
It is a concert of accusations from people close to Adams; until recently, the mayor had not been touched. However, the problem continues to persist. Days after a raid on the home of Adams’ top fundraiser, federal agents took the mayor’s phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said, according to the New York Times on Thursday, November 10.
FBI agents seized Mayor Eric Adams’ electronic devices earlier this week in what appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a criminal investigation into whether his 2021 campaign accused him of conspiring with the Turkish government and others to funnel money to his arks.
Officers approached the mayor after an event in Manhattan on Monday night and asked his security team to move away, a person with knowledge of the matter said. They got into his truck with him and, under a court-authorized order, took his devices, according to the New York Times.
If Adams does not survive the accusation, Democrats are already shuffling the names of his replacement. According to POLITICO, Queens State Senator Jessica Ramos, Brooklyn State Senator Zellnor Myrie,
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican anti-crime crusader who lost to Adams in 2021, already said he planned to rechallenge Adams.
However, many are not sure that Adams’ fall is imminent and give as an example the case of former Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was besieged by a political earthquake with a federal investigation into campaign finance. Still, prosecutors did not file charges, and He was re-elected without significant difficulties.
