New York City Mayor Eric Adams. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz.
New York City (NYC) mayor Eric Adams said that city officials are helping migrants reach the Canadian border.
A Canadian official called the comments "surprising" and noted that
Canada was negotiating changes to its asylum agreement with the U.S.
- Adams told Fox 5 that his administration is helping migrants travel from NYC to other locations.
- "Some
want to go to Canada, some want to go to warmer states, and we are
there for them as they continue to move on with their pursuit of this
dream," said Adams.
- He added that "if they are seeking to go somewhere else, we are helping in the reticketing process."
- Quebec immigration minister Christine Fréchette said Adams' comments were "surprising."
- She
told reporters in Montreal that the U.S. and Canada were negotiating
updates to a 2002 treaty that requires migrants to seek asylum in the
first country they enter.
- Last year, Republican Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona began ordering migrants to be bused to cities in other states, such as NYC and Washington, D.C.
- Adams told reporters in Texas last month that there is "no room in New York," for migrants.
- Many of the migrants bussed to New York are Venezuelans fleeing poverty, political violence, and authoritarianism.
