Biden skips summit with Democratic mayors seeking $5B for migrant crisis
By Steven Nelson
Published Nov. 2, 2023, 6:53 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — President Biden did not attend a White House meeting Thursday with big-city mayors seeking $5 billion to finance local services for migrants released at the US-Mexico border.
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and senior adviser Tom Perez instead met with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, both Democrats.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams had also been scheduled to attend the 9 a.m. meeting and posted a video of himself aboard a flight to DC — before abruptly canceling and returning to New York as the FBI raided the Brooklyn home of campaign fundraiser Brianna Suggs.
It was not immediately clear if a representative for Adams or a member of his staff attended the meeting, which followed a rebuke from the leaders of five of America’s largest cities.
The 80-year-old president received a 10 a.m. intelligence briefing at the White House, according to his public schedule, which reflected no other morning obligations.
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