Mayor Eric Adams conceded Saturday that the Big Apple’s hands are tied and won’t be able to assist federal immigration officials in President-elect Donald Trump’s large-scale deportation plan because of New York’s existing sanctuary city status.

Adams, who attended Donald Trump's inauguration, has stated he would not assist the federal government with deportations.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey told the Pennsylvania Press Club Monday that he would not work with ICE but instead work to make his city “more welcoming."

Mayor Eric Adams declined to take a clear stance on whether immigration arrests should be allowed at sensitive locations including schools.

And he has declined, repeatedly, to criticize Trump when pressed by reporters. He has expressed no qualms with Trump’s executive orders to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and end birthright citizenship. In fact, it’s hard to remember when he last offered a negative word for the incendiary president.

Justice Department officials have spoken to Manhattan federal prosecutors about potentially dropping the bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to people familiar with the matter.

Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

New York City will “coordinate” with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deporting migrant criminals, Mayor Eric Adams said this week as major cities brace for President

ICE agents conducted roundups in New York City, and a day later, local authorities announced their own gang takedown. In immigrant neighborhoods, fear was palpable.

Mayor Eric Adams has been called to Washington DC later this month to testify before a congressional committee about the Big Apple’s sanctuary city policies. Adams was sent a letter by the

In a display of force aimed at increasing arrests and generating publicity, the administration targeted the nation’s largest city, where sanctuary policies limit cooperation with ICE.

Among President Trump’s many immigration policies implemented since he took office, his plan for mass deportations has rattled migrant communities in Colorado and beyond.