Mayor Eric Adams’ top advisor, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, on Sunday called for the federal government to “close the borders” with Mexico to stop the flow of migrants into the city.
Lewis-Martin — Adams’ influential and controversial longtime deputy — made the comments in an interview on PIX 11, responding to a question from reporter Dan Mannarino on the administration’s attempts to suspend the city’s legal right to shelter.
“We need the federal government, the congress members, the senate, and the president to do its job, close the borders,” Lewis-Martin said. “And until you close the borders, you need to come up with a full-on decompression strategy, where you can take all of our migrants and move them throughout our 50 states.”
