'We Don't Collaborate For Civil Protests': Adams Pressed On NYPD Role In Student Visas, Deportations

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Mayor Eric Adams was asked about ICE collaboration with the NYPD, and efforts to target Pro-Palestinian protesters on student visas.

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00:00Good morning, Mr. Mayor.

00:01What's happening? How are you?

00:02Okay. A few weeks ago you were asked about cooperation between NYPD and ICE as it relates to the arrest of student activists.

00:10Yes.

00:10You said that we follow the law.

00:11I want to make sure that I understand the law.

00:15If there's a situation where someone has issued a summons at a protest and that summons is sealed or dismissed,

00:23can the NYPD, in any circumstances, share that information with any of their federal partners?

00:30Including HSI.

00:31We're clear. We cannot collaborate for deportation.

00:39Using your scenario, if someone is a known terrorist, like TDA, like some of these gangs have been classified for,

00:51if you're a known terrorist and you're doing criminal investigations, criminal, and not deep civil enforcement,

01:00whatever we could do to seal that case or to bring that person to justice, we're allowed to do.

01:05We're not allowed to collaborate for civil enforcement.

01:10Period.

01:11The law is very clear.

01:12And it's very important to do so.

01:14So, we have no record that this happened.

01:19They're no, when I inquired, they said, we did not turn over anything and we don't collaborate for civil enforcement.

01:25They said that over and over again.

01:26So, that applies if, you know, in this situation, we have the government using its terror statute to go after student protesters.

01:35Mm-hmm.

01:36And, I mean, I think in some of the gang cases, these are also, in some of the gang cases you mentioned,

01:42it is, it's civil and that it's being led by federal immigration authorities.

01:47So, I mean, it's still like a little murky to me.

01:49If, if some federal partner comes to you and says,

01:52we want information on someone who is suspected of advancing terrorism on campus

01:59and we believe that you have some of their, their former criminal arrest information, can that be shared?

02:06We, we, listen, one thing, if you haven't figured out yet, you should by now.

02:11I'm not a lawyer.

02:12I have a court counsel.

02:13You know, and if someone comes, and we have been extremely, extremely meticulous

02:18when our federal partners come to us dealing with immigration,

02:24we sit down, find out what they would like and desire,

02:27and then the court counsel determines if we could do it or not.

02:31We've been extremely meticulous, and I allow them to do that.

02:34I have a lot of respect for Muriel, who's over at court counsel, Mike over at NYPD.

02:41They've been extremely meticulous.

02:43And, again, I said it earlier, I'm going to say it again,

02:45I look forward to collaborating with HSI, with ICE, with, with all of our partners

02:52of going after those who are committing crimes.

02:54And they determine, based on the inquiry, they being court counsel, based on the inquiry,

02:59can we move, we move forward on something.

03:01And I respect that.

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'We Don't Collaborate For Civil Protests': Adams Pressed On NYPD Role In Student Visas, Deportations

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