Mayor Adams to Migrants: Stop Coming to NYC

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 9, 2023

On a trip to Latin America, Mayor Eric Adams tried to dissuade migrants from coming to New York City. Murad Awawdeh, executive director at the New York Immigration Coalition, discusses the Mayor's trip, the broader response to the arrival of migrants and other related news. And Maria Ponce, executive director of Transnational Villages Network/Red de Pueblos Trasnacionales (La Red), talks about the particular challenges facing indigenous migrants and communities in New York City. 

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