Mayor Eric Adams pushed back against the Justice Department’s lawsuit over New York City’s “sanctuary city” policies, saying that his hands are tied, the New York Post reported.

“You can’t do that,” he told FOX5 on Friday. “Any modification in the law must come through the City Council.”

Sanctuary policies have been adopted by many Democrat-run cities and are designed to limit cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local officials when it comes to deportation and prosecution of illegal aliens.

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