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NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls immigrants ‘excellent swimmers’ who could fill lifeguard roles

New York City Mayor Adams suggested migrants should be allowed to work to help fill lifeguard jobs due to a shortage in the city.
Adams emphasized the availability of eligible people with necessary skills, expressing frustration with bureaucracy hindering their employment.
Murad Awawdeh criticized Adams for insinuating good swimmers among migrants could be lifeguards, with Adams defending his remarks as neither racist nor offensive in a subsequent interview.

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The Guardian

‘Excellent swimmers’: New York mayor says migrants can fix lifeguard shortage

Community leaders denounce Eric Adams’s comments as racist as mayor doubles down and says ‘word police’ out to get him

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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New York Post

Mayor Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday suggested migrants should be hired to fill the city's lifeguard shortage -- because "they're excellent swimmers."

2 months ago·New York, United States

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Washington Examiner

NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls immigrants ‘excellent swimmers’ who could fill lifeguard roles

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has suggested that immigrants fill the city’s need for lifeguards, citing how they are “excellent swimmers.” The mayor made the comment during a City Hall meeting in which he discussed the city’s lifeguard staffing ahead of the summer months. Adams argued that these positions could be filled quicker if the process of immigrants receiving their work visas was sped up. “How do we have a large body of people that are…

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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The Daily Caller

NYC Mayor Says Migrants Can Help Lifeguard Shortage Because They’re ‘Excellent Swimmers’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested that illegal immigrants could solve the city's lifeguard shortage because they need work and are adept in the water.

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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HuffPost

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Thinks Migrants Can Fill The City's Lifeguard Shortage

Adams argued that migrants to the U.S. are "excellent swimmers," which some people interpreted as a reference to migrant crossings at the Rio Grande.

2 months ago·United States

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Toronto Sun

NYC mayor Eric Adams suggests migrants be lifeguards because they're 'excellent swimmers'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams may need a life preserver after stating that his city's open lifeguard positions could be filled by migrants because they are "excellent swimmers."

2 months ago·Toronto, Canada

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls immigrants ‘excellent swimmers’ who could fill lifeguard roles

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‘Excellent swimmers’: New York mayor says migrants can fix lifeguard shortage

‘Excellent swimmers’: New York mayor says migrants can fix lifeguard shortage

Mayor Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’

Mayor Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’

NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls immigrants ‘excellent swimmers’ who could fill lifeguard roles

NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls immigrants ‘excellent swimmers’ who could fill lifeguard roles

NYC Mayor Says Migrants Can Help Lifeguard Shortage Because They’re ‘Excellent Swimmers’

NYC Mayor Says Migrants Can Help Lifeguard Shortage Because They’re ‘Excellent Swimmers’

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Thinks Migrants Can Fill The City's Lifeguard Shortage

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Thinks Migrants Can Fill The City's Lifeguard Shortage

NYC mayor Eric Adams suggests migrants be lifeguards because they're 'excellent swimmers'

NYC mayor Eric Adams suggests migrants be lifeguards because they're 'excellent swimmers'

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