Gothamist By Elizabeth KimBrigid Bergin
Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that he will embark on a four-day trip to Latin America this week, a journey that comes amid growing tensions between the city and the White House over the ongoing migrant crisis.
Adams will depart Wednesday and visit Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia, according to the travel advisory released by his office. On his final day, he said he plans to visit the dangerous Colombian jungle crossing along the Colombia-Panama border known as the Darién Gap, which connects South and Central America and is known to be a grueling part of the journey to reach the United States for hundreds of thousands of migrants over the past year.
The trip to the three countries also comes as the Adams administration has issued increasingly aggressive rhetoric and policies around migrants, which came to a head over the weekend when Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the mayorâs chief advisor, said during a PIX-11 interview those federal officials, including Biden, needed to âclose the borders,â a talking point and policy often embraced by hard-right Republicans…
