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Radio host Charlamagne Tha God criticized Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday for his role in influencing migrants to come to the city.

Adams welcomed migrants to New York City during his tenure as Brooklyn Borough President from 2014 to 2021 and early in his term as mayor, but he has since supported stricter limits on their time in the city. Charlamagne, on “The Breakfast Club,” called out Adams for changing his tune only after Republicans in border states sent migrants to the city.

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“You told ’em to come, Mayor Adams … We not gon’ let none of the Democrats off the hook who were saying they had sanctuary cities and they were saying, ‘Come on in, come on in, come on in.’ And that’s when Republicans started shippin’ ’em, and then that’s when they were like, ‘Everybody stop, it’s too much.’ That’s what they were trying to tell you from the beginning, but you didn’t want to listen,” Charlamagne said.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in April 2022 started busing thousands of migrants to Democrat-run cities, such as New York City, to counter what he described as President Joe Biden’s administration’s “refusal to secure the border.”

Adams, in August 2022, characterized Abbott’s move as “horrific,” but expressed pride in New York being a right-to-shelter state.

“ our responsibility as a city, I’m proud that this is a right-to-shelter state and we’re going to continue to do that,” he said. “New York is a city that has always represented the democratic values and the values of our city of showing our compassion, and that’s what we’re doing today.”

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However, the New York City Mayor in March announced the city came to an agreement with the Legal Aid Society to curtail the time adult migrants can remain in the shelter system to approximately one month, a departure from what was formerly allowed under the 1981 right-to-shelter law.

Over 200,000 migrants have overburdened New York City since the spring of 2022, compelling Adams to declare 5% budget cuts in September 2023 for government initiatives for the migrants. The city spent $1.45 billion on migrants in fiscal year 2023, according to the city.

Adams will be attending the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday in Chicago, asserting he is “excited” to discuss the migrant crisis, NBC New York reported. He said he is hoping to hear Vice President Kamala Harris talk about taking charge of the border and enabling additional migrant work permits.

“They need to be meeting with the activists and the people in the community who are against the migrant crisis, and talk to those people and see how the migrant crisis has impacted them,” Charlamagne said earlier on the show. “That’s who they need to be talking to.”

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