City Hall officials announced on Monday, Oct. 2, that New York City Mayor Eric Adams will embark on a four-day trip to Central and South America to foster relationships, learn more about the path asylum seekers take to get to the United States, and meet with local and national leaders about the situations on the ground leading to the influx of asylum seekers arriving in the U.S.

They said on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 4, the mayor will travel to Mexico City to attend the North Capital Forum (NCF), meet with local and national leaders to learn more about the issues at the southern border, and discuss the impacts on New York City.

Officials said this will be followed on Thursday, Oct. 5, with a day in Mexico City, and the mayor will then travel to Puebla, Mexico, the origin of many current Mexican immigrants living in New York City.

They said the mayor will then travel back to Mexico City before traveling to Quito, Ecuador to meet with local and national leaders and visit asylee integration programs.

On Friday, Oct. 6, they said the mayor will arrive in Quito, where he will tour local sites helping to handle the asylum seeker crisis, as well as meet with national leaders to discuss the crisis in New York City. Later that night, they said the mayor will travel to Bogotá, Colombia.

On Saturday, Oct. 7, the mayor will arrive in Bogotá, and will then travel to the Darién Gap, which many asylum seekers pass through as they make the arduous journey to get to the U.S. Later that evening, the mayor will travel back to New York City and arrive early on Sunday, Oct. 8.

More details on the trip will be forthcoming.