'We never had this crisis in New York': Border deal dies as migrant-linked violence rises

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Even with violence spilling onto the streets of New York stemming from some migrants who have claimed asylum, there is little hope for a border security deal. 

The bipartisan comprise that included some additional restrictions at the border and some changes to the asylum process-- failed to make it out of the Senate and was frowned upon by Republicans in the House anyway. 

"We need to manage the border correctly so that we don't impact public safety and help these cities being impacted," Mayor Eric Adams said in a pre-taped interview for PIX on Politics to air this Sunday morning. 

Adams once again called out both parties in Congress and the White House for not coming together on the immigration issue. The failure led Governor Kathy Hochul to point the finger of blame at the 10 Republicans representing New York in Congress. 

"Walk down to speaker Johnson's office and say our state need help right now," Hochul said Friday. 

One of those Representatives is Staten Island and Brooklyn's Nicole Malliotakis, who said the bipartisan border security bill being talked about did not go far enough. She also said local sanctuary policies endorsed by the Mayor and Governor have made the situation worse. 

Malliotakis and her Republican collogues say their GOP House Bill: H.R. 2, which Democrats consider too harsh to undocumented workers and migrant children, would truly secure the border and curtain asylum claims. 

Malliotakis also said immediate relief for New York could come right now from President Biden. She and Republicans have encouraged him to return to Trump-era policies, including requiring people to wait in their home counties for asylum. 

"We never had this crisis in New York with any other president until Joe Biden came in," she said. 

But Republicans have also been accused of acting in bad faith-- former President Trump has openly said he does not support a border compromise right now for purely political reasons. 

Malliotakis is not holding out hope for a deal and believes Democrats are only pressing now because polling shows voters are fed up with the immigration issue. 

"I think it's going to very difficult [to get something done] as long as the Senate does not pass something," she said. "We passed our bill, they need to pass theirs, so we can reconcile the differences. But yeah, going into an Election Year, it makes it more challenging because everybody is playing political games." 

The Senate-- led by New York's Chuck Schumer-- is moving ahead with a foreign aid package that lacks immigration reform, after not getting enough support from Republican colleagues.