De Blasio Derided by Sergeants Union for Deportation Stance
The head of the NYPD sergeants union on Sunday criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio for not requiring the city’s police force to act as immigration enforcers as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation efforts.
Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins, during an interview on “The Cats Roundtable” radio program on 970 AM, said the city’s top brass have a “moral obligation” to cooperate with federal immigration agents, and accused de Blasio, a Democrat seeking re-election this year, of “placating” voters.
“We can’t ignore people who commit crimes, harbor them, because we want to get votes in an election year,” Mullins told the show’s host, former Republican mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis...