New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ call to amend the city’s sanctuary law and turn immigrants who have committed violent crimes over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation is “too little, too late,” considering the crime spike that is taking place, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik said on Newsmax, Tuesday.
“This is something that shouldn’t have happened,” Kerik told “Newsline,” while discussing the violent crimes that are taking place, including the murder of nursing student Laken Riley at the University of Georgia. “The blood is on the hands of the president of the United States, Eric Adams, [and] the governor of the state of New York.”
Jose Ibarra, an immigrant from Venezuela has been charged with assault and murder in Riley’s death. According to reports, New York police arrested him on March 31 and charged him with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation, but he was released before ICE could ask that he be held, according to the agency.
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