Mayor Adams says he 'will maximize his opportunity' while in DC amid scrutiny over ICE

Mayor Adams traveling to Washington, D.C. tomorrow for a conference

This is he continues to face scrutiny over his relationship with the Trump administration

and how the city is handling the immigration debate. Fox 5's Morgan McKay live at City Hall. Morgan, what did you learn today

So Mayor Eric Adams is headed to Washington, D.C. tomorrow to deliver remarks at the African

American Mayor's Association's annual conference. And he won't be the only Democrat there

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is also set to deliver remarks. But he was asked today if he plans to meet with President Donald Trump or anyone else from his team while in D.C. tomorrow

Here's what he had to say. Anytime we go to D.C., we try to maximize our opportunity

Deputy Mayor Raspberry is coordinating my schedule and she'll give it to me probably later on this afternoon

Now, Adams for the second time wearing today an American flag t-shirt to his off-topic press

conference that says, in God we trust. Adams said the words on today's t-shirt were in Spanish to

highlight the recent trip to the Dominican Republic But if you Google it the words were actually in Italian But Adams trip to D comes as there is growing scrutiny over his relationship with the Trump administration especially as it relates to immigration

Getting ICE back on Rikers was a big priority of the Trump administration

But the city council earlier this week sued Adams for allowing his first deputy mayor, Randy Mastro

to issue this executive order that allows immigration officials to move back to their office on Rikers

Mastro today again insisting that ICE is only there to help with criminal investigations

not civil enforcement, and says if ICE breaks this executive order, there will be consequences

Civil detainers, civil warrants for someone who continues to serve a sentence at Rikers or

continues to be incarcerated at Rikers awaiting trial will not be honored because this executive

order goes only to criminal investigations, criminal charges, not civil matters. Now, his team isn't saying exactly what these consequences would be

They're saying it's similar to any consequences that federal agencies might face if they break an executive order

Reporting live, I'm Morgan McKay. Steve Natasha, back to you. All right. Thanks, Morgan