Curtis Sliwa arrested at NYC immigrant protest near Eric Adams’ home.
The Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa Takes a Stand Against Influx of Illegal Immigrants
The founder of The Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa, made headlines when he was handcuffed during a passionate protest against the increasing number of illegal immigrants in New York City. The demonstration took place outside Mayor Eric Adams’s residence at Gracie Mansion on Sunday.
Challenging Mayor Adams’s Policies
The protest aimed to criticize Mayor Adams’s handling of the so-called “tent cities” for incoming immigrants. Recently, Adams’s policy even transformed a former Staten Island nursing home into a shelter for them. Flyers distributed for the protest carried powerful messages such as “Occupy Gracie Mansion,” “no tent cities,” “no illegal immigrants,” “no ‘do as I say not as I do’ from Eric Adams,” and “let the one-term mayor hear your voices.”
“This is the New York City Police Department. NYPD barriers have been set up for safety and security purposes. If you move, tamper with, or cross over the barriers, you may be subject to arrest for obstructing governmental administration.”
Video footage captured Sliwa being escorted away from the scene, accompanied by a repeating audio clip reminding protesters of the potential consequences of crossing the police barriers. Police maintained a distance between the demonstrators and the residence using barricades and large-capacity vehicles. Protesters arrived with signs, one of which boldly stated, “down with neoliberal, cop mayor, and anti-homeless Eric Adams.” The crowd also chanted powerful rallying cries like “we the people do not comply.”
As tensions escalated, counterprotesters dressed entirely in black entered the scene. A video showed two of them engaging in physical altercations, resulting in one being dragged away by police officers.
Adams’s Response and the Cost of Immigration
During the protests, Mayor Adams shared a photo of himself at the NYPD headquarters, emphasizing the command’s cleanliness and orderliness. Prior to that, he was photographed attending Uzbekistan’s independence and soccer festival at Kaiser Park in Brooklyn.
According to estimates, approximately 100,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in New York City over the past year. Mayor Adams predicts that if the current rate of arrivals continues, the influx of immigrants will cost the city a staggering $12 billion by the summer of 2025.
Despite Governor Kathy Hochul’s claim that there are 12 sites prepared throughout the city to accommodate the immigrants, the city has allegedly refused assistance from the state.
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