VIDEO: Violent Clash Erupts in NYC Anti-Migrant Protest

An Anti-Migrant Protest Turns Violent Outside NYC Mayor’s Residence

An anti-migrant protest outside‌ the official residence of New York City mayor Eric Adams (D.)‌ turned violent Sunday as demonstrators clashed with counter-protesters.

Demonstrators carried signs​ reading “Americans over migrants,”‍ protesting Adams’s policy of housing migrants in residential areas in the city. They ​ scuffled with‍ counter-protesters as ‌police ‌attempted ⁣to keep the two groups under control. Counter-protesters, some of ⁣them wearing ⁤the signature black clothing of Antifa agitators, allegedly stole a flag from the anti-migrant ‍crowd and attempted to burn it before stomping it into the ground.

Amid the chaos, police arrested former Republican mayoral candidate⁢ Curtis Sliwa, who ran⁣ against Adams ⁢in the ⁢2021 ‌race, for⁣ civil disobedience. At the protest, he called out the mayor for giving migrants “more than ⁢homeless people born in America have or⁣ veterans who are down on ​their luck have,” the⁤ New York Post reported. He ‌was arrested at a similar protest a week⁢ earlier.

Adams promised during his mayoral campaign that “New York City⁢ will remain a sanctuary city ⁢under an ⁤Adams administration.”

In July, however, his administration ​distributed flyers to newly arrived migrants,‌ advising them to “consider another city.” ‍Those flyers aimed to make the city less appealing to migrants, highlighting the cost of housing, ​food, and other items vital ‍to their survival.

Migrant ‍Crisis Raises Concerns for ⁣Democrats and New Yorkers

The city’s migrant crisis has raised alarm‌ for both Democratic insiders and everyday New Yorkers. Howard Wolfson, a former⁢ deputy mayor and adviser to Michael Bloomberg, told the New York Times ⁣earlier this month that the crisis is a “ticking time ⁢bomb” for Democrats.

Eighty-two percent of New York ‍state​ residents called the crisis a “serious” problem, with 54 percent calling it “very ⁣serious,” in ​a poll released ‌days before the protest. A majority of New ‌Yorkers also agreed that the state should do more to ‌slow the influx.