New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a judge on Monday to set an earlier trial date in his federal corruption case next year, arguing the current date would impede Adams’ participation in his mayoral reelection campaign,

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams sent a letter to a federal judge Monday, pressing to expedite his trial

The case is set to go on trial on Apr. 21 of next year. Adams’ lawyer, Alex Spiro, in a letter to Manhattan federal court Judge Dale Ho, asked that it begin weeks earlier on Apr. 1.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he opposed mass deportation plans by President-elect Donald Trump, but he is willing to work with his incoming administration on immigration. The comments came during a contentious news conference held as Trump has already named officials pledging to conduct immigration raids in New York and beyond.

The president-elect's early appointments indicate that he plans to go through with his pledge to round up and expel illegal immigrants across the country.

President-elect Donald Trump's promise of mass deportation has some immigrants across the country fearing the worst.