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NBC HOST LAMBASTS NYC MAYOR ADAMS FOR 'RACIST' CLAIM THAT MIGRANTS ARE
'EXCELLENT SWIMMERS'


MAYOR ADAMS CLAIMED THAT MIGRANTS COULD BECOME LIFEGUARDS BECAUSE THEY ARE
'EXCELLENT SWIMMERS'

By Jeffrey Clark Fox News
Published May 15, 2024 11:02am EDT
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NBC's Tom Llamas criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams Tuesday for his
recent statement that migrants are "excellent swimmers." 

"It's incredibly racist and I am shocked and really upset that there hasn't been
more outrage in this city," Llamas said in response to controversial comments
that Adams made at a press conference on Tuesday. 

"How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, and country, that
are excellent swimmers and, at the same time, we need lifeguards — and the only
obstacle is that we won’t give them the right to work to become a lifeguard," he
said.

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'EXCELLENT SWIMMERS': DEM MAYOR FLOATS MIGRANTS AS SOLUTION FOR CITY'S LIFEGUARD
SHORTAGE

NBC's Tom Llamas criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his controversial
claim at a press conference that migrants are "excellent swimmers."  (Luiz C.
Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"That just doesn’t make sense," Adams added. 

Llamas continued to criticize Adams for his comments. 

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"Where would he get that from, unless it had something to do with crossing the
Rio Grande, or because some of them may come from places like Cuba or Haiti, or
another island?" Llamas asked. 

DEM MAYOR FACES BACKLASH FOR CITY'S ‘HAPHAZARD’ MIGRANT POLICY: ‘CRUELTY’ 

Adams also listed off other occupations, including food service workers and
nurses, where the Big Apple may face shortages. (Lev Radin/Pacific
Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The NBC host also expressed strong disappointment that New York City, which he
said "claims to be progressive" and "claims to protect people from all
nationalities," was not more shocked by Adams' comments. 

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Power Malu, executive director of Artists, Athletes, and Activists, also hit
Adams for his comments in an interview with Llamas. 

"Once again, we have an administration that’s deflecting attention off of their
incompetency and mismanagement, and pointing the finger at the migrants," Malu
said, as flagged by NewsBusters. 

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"At any given press conference, you’ll have this administration blame the
migrants for the financial woes of the city and in the same breath, they’ll
praise and say the migrants should be allowed to work because they can help us,"
Malu said. 

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Adams also listed off other occupations like food service workers and nurses as
examples of professions that illegal migrants may be able to fill in New York
City.

"We have all these eligible people waiting to work with the skills we need to
fill the jobs but we are unable to allow them to work because bureaucracy is in
the way," he said. "That just does not make sense."

New York City has been grappling with a migrant crisis in recent years.
Officials have revealed that there have been more than 195,000 migrants who have
entered the shelter system since 2022, and more than 65,000 are still in the
shelter system.

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Mayor Adams' office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News
Digital. 

Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report. 

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Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously
served as a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary and as a Fulbright teacher in
South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a degree
in English and History. 

Story tips can be sent to jeffrey.clark@fox.com.


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