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Chris Sommerfeldt

NYC Mayor Adams demands ‘national czar’ for migrant crisis — a job Vice President Harris is already supposed to have

NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris may want a word.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams pushed Tuesday for the appointment of a “national czar” to oversee the federal government’s response to the country’s migrant crisis — seemingly overlooking the fact that Harris has already been tasked with that responsibility.

Speaking during a news conference at City Hall, Adams said he arrived at the czar solution after visiting El Paso, Texas, this past weekend to get a first-hand view of the border city, which has turned into an epicenter of the migrant crisis.

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