Eric Adams to Appear Before House Republicans As 'Sanctuary City Mayor' Despite Cozying Up to Trump on Immigration

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has cozied up to the Donald Trump administration over the past weeks, vowing to cooperate with federal law enforcement to carry out its mass deportation efforts. The relationship has underwent severe scrutiny, especially as prosecutors in the city resigned over a request by Trump's Justice Department to drop corruption charges against him.

However, Adams has been subpoenaed by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, which will hold a hearing with four sanctuary city mayors in order to hold them "publicly accountable."

The committee anticipated the hearing with a video, which features comments from President Donald Trump claiming that the cities are harboring undocumented immigrants who committed crimes and is overlapped with comments from the mayors about their willingness to enforce their sanctuary status. It goes on to focus on crimes committed by migrants before highlighting subpoenas sent to the four mayors: Michelle Wu, Brandon Johnson, Mike Johnston and Eric Adams.

Should he appear before the committee, Adams will be grilled despite vowing to cooperate with the Trump administration on immigration affairs. Adams gave a joint interview with border czar Tom Homan, who said he would return to the city if Adams does not follow through on promises made aiming to further the Trump administration's immigration goals.

"If he doesn't come through, I'll be back in New York City. ... I'll be in his office, up his butt, saying, where the hell is the agreement we came to?" said Homan. Adams laughed at the comment. "And I want ICE to deliver. We're going to deliver for the safety of the American people," he replied.

Former prosecutors resigned from their posts earlier this month following the request by the DOJ, accusing both Adams of engaging in a "quid pro quo" with the Trump administration, with the latter getting its DOJ to drop corruption charges against him in exchange for increased immigration enforcement in the city.

Former federal prosecutor Danielle Sassoon called the decision "a breathtaking and dangerous precedent to reward Adams's opportunistic and shifting commitments on immigration." Six other prosecutors resigned as well.

President Donald Trump downplayed the concerns, claiming the departing officials were holdovers from the Biden administration and would have been replaced anyway. "When you say, resign, they're going to be gone anyway," Trump said.

Adams has denied all claims and refused to step down. New York Governor Kathy Hochul also rejected removing him after considering it. Now, as he will remain in power, he will likely face tough challenges from both Democrats and Republicans in the June elections.