New York City Mayor Eric Adams says it's 'anti-American' not to allow 84,000 migrants to legally work

New York City Mayor Eric Adams deemed it "anti-American" not to expedite work authorization for the some 84,000 migrants who have arrived in the Big Apple.

"We're at full capacity," Adams said. "It's just unbelievable what's happening to the people of the city of New York that are going through this. And nothing is more anti-American than you can't have a job when you come to America. There's nothing more anti-American. Every one of us in this room, family members came from somewhere. And the guiding light of this country is to be able to come here and work. We have a population of 84,000 people that we're saying you cannot work. That's anti-American."  Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace. 

Adams – who adamantly criticized Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's bussing program, which sent migrants from the southern border to the Big Apple and other major U.S. cities – has faced legal woes of his own, as predominantly Republican-run New York jurisdictions have sued New York City for sending mostly adult, male migrants upstate.