Lawmakers are doubling down on President Trump’s immigration agenda…
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced the Establishing Responsibility for Illegals’ Crimes and Adding Deterrence and Accountability for Mayors’ Sanctuary Cities Act, or the ERIC ADAMS Act, on Friday. If passed, the bill would open sanctuary city mayors to criminal liability if illegal immigrants living there were found guilty of murder.
It’s named after New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for reelection this November as an Independent. (RELATED: Eric Adams Launches Independent Mayoral Bid Days After Mamdani Upset)
Carter, meanwhile, is running to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in the November 2026 midterms.
The bill’s introduction comes days after the Trump administration’s Justice Department sued the Big Apple for its sanctuary policies, one of multiple such lawsuits President Donald Trump’s officials are pursuing against Democrat-run cities and states. (RELATED: DOJ Sues New York City Over Sanctuary Laws Protecting Illegal Immigrants)
Under the terms of Carter’s legislation, a sanctuary city mayor could be found guilty of “criminal negligence resulting in manslaughter” if an undocumented person committed murder there and if “the mayor knowingly adopted, maintained, or failed to repeal a sanctuary policy that materially restricted cooperation with Federal immigration enforcement, and such policy directly and foreseeably contributed to the failure to detain or remove” the person before the crime was committed, according to bill text obtained by Fox News.
It would carry a penalty of up to seven years in prison, as well as certain fines.
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“Laken Riley and countless other loved ones could still be alive today if our immigration laws were respected by mayors of sanctuary cities,” Carter told Fox News, referencing a nursing student killed by an illegal immigrant in early 2024 in Georgia.
“As far as I’m concerned, they have blood on their hands and should be held personally accountable for creating a lawless environment that allows criminal illegal aliens to commit murder.”
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At the very least, allow these parole boards, prosecutors, judges, mayors and councilmen to be sued for Wrongful Death or damages if one of their releases or failures to prosecute go out and kill people, or injure them or damage their property. You’ll find them changing their tune in seconds.