NYC Mayor Eric Adams took a trip to El Paso to get a firsthand look at the illegal migrant crisis. He wrote an op-ed published by the Washington Post that includes six ways to fix the illegal migrant crisis. He seems to have learned much less than he thinks he did.

If the mayor really wanted to see the Biden border crisis up close and personal, he would have gone to the Rio Grande Valley, not El Paso. The communities in the RGV are the epicenter of the illegal migrant crisis. El Paso was overrun with illegal migrants for several weeks but Fortunately for that city, the huge crush of people crossing into town has eased up. It hasn’t stopped but it has become more manageable. When Biden came to town, the downtown area was sanitized and when he went to a migrant center, there were no migrants there to see. Imagine that.

I’m not sure what all Eric Adams saw but I know he saw the wall and spoke with some Border Patrol agents. El Paso is a Democrat city. Eric Adams wrote his op-ed in a strong Democrat voice, willing to slam Republicans when there was no need for doing so, other than political partisanship. Does he think that is a helpful approach to win people over to his way of thinking?

Unfortunately, the immigration explosion has provided a dark opportunity for the xenophobic and callous in our country who say the crisis proves we should close our borders completely, abandoning the nation’s history of welcoming the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The governors of Texas and Florida are even making a political game of vulnerable people’s lives, by sending them north with no coordination or care for their well-being — instead of urging lawmakers to take action.

The governors of those states say they cannot handle the flow of migrants and maintain local services for existing residents, and that is true. New York is also at a breaking point. The region is already annually the largest recipient of immigrants of any local government in the United States, but the total breakdown in immigration planning and policy over the past decade has now not only increased the number of migrants we absorb, but also the speed at which we must try to absorb them.

Sorry, not sorry. Adams gets no sympathy from this Texas resident. To point a finger at red state governors like Abbott and DeSantis is political hackery. Including DeSantis is a tell – Adams is nervous, like a lot of Democrats, that DeSantis will run against Sleepy Joe in 2024. DeSantis only sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard one time and it was less than 100 people. Give me a break. Adams isn’t ballsy enough to go one-on-one against Governor Abbott, who is the one stuck with dealing with the Biden border crisis day in and day out. Neither Abbott nor DeSantis approach illegal immigration as a political game. Believe me, both have urged Congress to act on immigration reform, many times. But first, DHS can enforce the immigration laws already on the books that they now ignore.

Governor Abbott’s letter to President Biden listed things that can be done right now and do not require any new laws being passed. What did Biden do? He didn’t even bother to read the letter. He doesn’t care. Maybe Eric Adams could let the administration know that he’s serious that the border needs to be secured.

Adams said that closing the border is abandoning the American tradition of welcoming immigrants. Nothing is further from the truth. Legal immigrants are welcomed and go through a process to remain in the country. Illegal migrants are a different matter. The very first act they commit is against US law. Is that a sign of respect or a sign that they desire to be law abiding citizens? Democrats are quick to conflate legal and illegal immigration. The distinction needs to be clear. We are a nation of laws, or at least we used to be.

My city is often referred to as the most ‘diverse’ city in the country. Yes, even more than NYC, so we don’t need any lectures from hizzoner.

But that is where the similarities between cynics such as the governors of Texas and Florida and the people of New York end. In a crisis, New Yorkers don’t ship their problems off to become someone else’s burden. We tackle challenges head-on.

There’s no way Texas can ship off the millions of migrants that have come through the state since Joe Biden entered the White House. The problems of the crisis are “tackled” every day in Texas. Ask any resident of border communities.

Here are the six simple steps Adams suggests to handle the migrant crisis:

1. a government official solely focused on overseeing the migrant response and coordinating all relevant agencies and government entities, including the U.S. Border Patrol;

2. a decompression strategy at the border that evaluates asylum claims, establishes a plan for each migrant’s arrival — before entry into the United States — and a system to fairly distribute newcomers regionally;

3. additional congressionally allocated funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to implement that strategy at the border and in the localities where the migrants end up;

4. expedited right-to-work status for asylum seekers who are allowed to enter the country;

5. a clear, congressionally passed pathway to residency or citizenship for those who enter this country legally;

6. leadership that takes an all-hands-on-deck approach by bringing together nonprofits, the faith-based community and the private sector, alongside state and local government, to meet this challenge.

I see nothing new in his six simple steps. Maybe he should give Kamala Harris and Secretary Mayorkas a call. Aren’t they the people in charge of overseeing migrant response?

FEMA is a temporary relief agency, not meant to be permanently set up along the southern border.

Immediate work visas for illegal aliens? How is that fair to those coming here legally? That is just more incentive for more migrants to come without bothering to go through the legal process.

There is already a pathway to residency and citizenship to those who enter the country legally. What is the mayor talking about?

Adams wants more money from the federal government. That much is clear.

Nice try, Mayor Adams. You have some work to do. Enjoy what you reap as a sanctuary city.