New York City's mayor nixed a planned Sunday trip to the U.S.-Mexico border over security concerns.
FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. was slated to depart Saturday night to visit Brownsville and McAllen, Texas. The Democrat was expected to meet with U.S. immigration leaders as his city struggles to house new migrants seeking asylum.
Adams said Friday he planned to meet on with immigration leaders who "all applaud what we have done" and want to "rally around us and have other municipalities come and see what we're doing to duplicate what we're doing." Adams also took a four-day tour through Latin America in October in which he made stops in Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia. He implored people to stop making the dangerous journey to the U.S. and said New York is "at capacity."
Last week, city officials and human rights advocates reached an agreement on Adams' bid to suspend the city's " right to shelter " policy.
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