Eric Adams was booed and jeered by hecklers as he led a rally calling on the Biden Administration to help the city deal with the migrant crisis.  

The New York City mayor called on the White House to expedite work visas for asylum seekers and to ‘give them the opportunity to contribute to our society’. 

But his speech at the event in Foley Square on Thursday was met with opposition by three anti-migrant protesters who called for President Joe Biden to ‘close the border now’.

They were forced back by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers and escorted out of the area.

It comes as New York City has been struggling to deal with an influx of over 100,000 migrants since April 2022, filling shelters and leaving many to sleep on the sidewalks throughout Manhattan.

Eric Adams was booed and jeered by hecklers as he led a rally calling on the Biden Administration to help the city deal with the migrant crisis

Eric Adams was booed and jeered by hecklers as he led a rally calling on the Biden Administration to help the city deal with the migrant crisis

Eric Adams was booed and jeered by hecklers as he led a rally calling on the Biden Administration to help the city deal with the migrant crisis

His speech at the event in Foley Square on Thursday was met with opposition by three anti-migrant protesters who called for President Joe Biden to 'close the border now'.

His speech at the event in Foley Square on Thursday was met with opposition by three anti-migrant protesters who called for President Joe Biden to 'close the border now'.

His speech at the event in Foley Square on Thursday was met with opposition by three anti-migrant protesters who called for President Joe Biden to ‘close the border now’.

Mayor Eric Adams has begged for funds to deal with the crisis and called on President Joe Biden to declare a state of emergency on August 9.

He urged the White House to accelerate a path to employment for asylum seekers to help with the issue at the rally in Lower Manhattan on Thursday.

‘Let them work! Give them the opportunity to contribute to our society,’ Adams said.

The mayor also called for them to be granted extended temporary protection status. 

‘We’re saying we must expedite work visas. It’s just common sense. Thousands of jobs are available to be filled,’ he added. 

‘Our resources are not endless … The solution is not just New York City. The solution is New York state and the United States.’

Adams said his mission was to keep up with providing shelter to the thousands of migrants arriving each day.

But his words were met with boos and jeers from three protesters in attendance before they were escorted away.

One man held up a sign which read: ‘NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Must call on Joe Biden to close the border now!’ He also included the Spanish translation for ‘close the border now’. 

As he was being led away by NYPD officers, he continued to shout: ‘You put illegal immigrants that are unvetted. We don’t know who they are.’ 

The New York City mayor called on the White House to expedite work visas for asylum seekers and to 'give them the opportunity to contribute to our society'

The New York City mayor called on the White House to expedite work visas for asylum seekers and to 'give them the opportunity to contribute to our society'

The New York City mayor called on the White House to expedite work visas for asylum seekers and to ‘give them the opportunity to contribute to our society’

But his words were met with boos and jeers from three protesters in attendance before they were escorted away

But his words were met with boos and jeers from three protesters in attendance before they were escorted away

But his words were met with boos and jeers from three protesters in attendance before they were escorted away

One man held up a sign which read: 'NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Must call on Joe Biden to close the border now!' He also included the Spanish translation for 'close the border now'

One man held up a sign which read: 'NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Must call on Joe Biden to close the border now!' He also included the Spanish translation for 'close the border now'

One man held up a sign which read: ‘NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Must call on Joe Biden to close the border now!’ He also included the Spanish translation for ‘close the border now’

He claimed the asylum seekers were being put ahead of ‘legal migrants’ including his family members from Colombia who have waited seven years.

‘You are putting illegals ahead of my family members from Colombia? This is ridiculous, this is a nightmare,’ he said. 

Another man in a black t-shirt with a Puerto Rico flag on it was moved away by the police and he accused them of censorship. 

A third anti-migrant protester said: ‘We are not against immigration, we want legal immigration. The problem is that when you bring all these people, the city is going to have to spend $20billion on the budget. What is going to happen to the social services?’ 

It comes after an anti-migrant protest outside of Gracie Mansion on Sunday turned violent. 

An anti-illegal migrant protest led by Guardian Angels’ founder and former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa gathered on 86th Street and East End Avenue, where things became physical with a handful of counter-protestors. 

Sliwa spoke out against his former opponent, who has opened over 200 shelters across the five boroughs to try and house the tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived from the southern border.

‘These migrants have jumped the queue,’ Sliwa said. ‘If I were a migrant and you gave me an opportunity to jump the queue and stay in a hotel, give me three square meals … basically give me more than homeless people born in America have or veterans who are down on their luck have – you’re damn right they’re gonna keep coming.’ 

He was adamant in his message of ‘Americans first, migrants back of the line!’

At one point during the protest, a woman was arrested after she attempted to burn the American flag and stomped on it on the ground.

‘We don’t need this hate! We don’t need this f**king hate! That is not what this is supposed to represent but this is what they f**king make it,’ she cried. 

Former New York City mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was one of the speakers at the protest and one of the many arrested outside of Gracie Mansion on Sunday

Former New York City mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was one of the speakers at the protest and one of the many arrested outside of Gracie Mansion on Sunday

Former New York City mayoral candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was one of the speakers at the protest and one of the many arrested outside of Gracie Mansion on Sunday

'Mayor Adams is a Dork,' read one sign. Adams has repeatedly said that the city is overwhelmed by the some 100,000 migrants who have flooded into the city in the last year

'Mayor Adams is a Dork,' read one sign. Adams has repeatedly said that the city is overwhelmed by the some 100,000 migrants who have flooded into the city in the last year

‘Mayor Adams is a Dork,’ read one sign. Adams has repeatedly said that the city is overwhelmed by the some 100,000 migrants who have flooded into the city in the last year

Sliwa – a long-time presence in New York media and politics since his founding of the ‘unarmed crime prevention’ organization – was arrested for the second time this week after leading a protest against bringing shelters to Staten Island.

A large group of protestors gathered on Staten Island on Monday to oppose the opening of a new migrant shelter.

Hundreds of heated but peaceful protestors met to protest using an unused school building to house migrants who have flooded New York City

Demonstrators turned up to rally against the use of the shuttered St. John Villa Academy as a 300-bed makeshift shelter for some of the thousands of asylum seekers who have been shuttled from the border to New York City.

The migrant situation has created tension between Democrats within the state.

As New York City’s homeless shelter system became overwhelmed, and the cost of housing migrants in hotels and temporary shelters mounted, Adams began organizing bus trips of his own to take migrants to other parts of the state, to the frustration of officials in those communities.

Lawyers for Hochul and Adams have sparred in court over how best to house and expend resources to care for the migrants.

The state has earmarked up to $1.5 billion for its migrant response. Hochul asked Biden for financial assistance to help cover those costs and a projected $4.5 billion needed next year.

A large group of protestors gathered on Staten Island on Monday to oppose the opening of a new migrant shelter and it got tense with one man

A large group of protestors gathered on Staten Island on Monday to oppose the opening of a new migrant shelter and it got tense with one man

A large group of protestors gathered on Staten Island on Monday to oppose the opening of a new migrant shelter and it got tense with one man 

In addition, the governor requested that the city and state be allowed to use federally-owned properties to house migrants.

New York City shelters have been at near capacity and officials have scrambled to set up temporary housing in hotels, recreational centers, school gyms and a hospital parking lot. The city is legally obligated to find shelter for anyone needing it.

Republicans are already seeing the response to this wave of migrants as an opportunity for campaigning in the 2024 election.

‘New Yorkers won’t forget what happened on Kathy Hochul’s watch,’ Laska said.

‘They won’t forget that communities from all over the state have been strained beyond their ability to handle this influx of migrants and the real solution is to close the border.’

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