Mayor Eric Adams unexpectedly announced Friday morning that he is headed to the southern border.

“It’s a one-day trip. We’re going down and going to come back Monday,” Adams said.

Starting Saturday night, the mayor will be at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is Adams’ second trip there following his first visit was in January 2023. On that trip, he visited El Paso to coordinate with other mayors across the country on how to respond to the influx of migrants.

“After seeing those 3,100 come to our city, I knew it was time for me not to try to handle this problem from the city, but to come and to interact with the mayors across the country. This has fallen on our cities,” Adams said at a press conference back in January 2023.

It’s unclear who Adams will meet with, who invited him and what stops he will make on the trip. The mayor hasn’t released any details of the trip outside of some brief statements.

“We were invited down to communicate with national leaders that traveled here,” Adams said. “You blink an eye, you’re not going to miss me.”

The mayor has said the trip is about highlighting New York City’s response to the migrant crisis.

“We should be really pleased as New Yorkers. I know this is difficult, this is challenging for all of us, but we stepped up,” Adams said. “History is going to be kind on New York.”

More than 184,000 migrants have come to New York, with more than 64,000 still in the city’s care.

Adams has made many trips outside of the city in relation to the migrant crisis. He’s gone on ten trips to Washington, D.C. to speak with White House officials and congressional leaders about federal help, but those visits have yielded little results.

“180,000 people coming into our city, not the support we should be getting from the national government, like we deserve,” Adams said.

Adams also traveled to Latin America in October, doing a swing around Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia to meet with leaders and see migrants crossing the Darien Gap for himself.

Adams, a man with strong beliefs, invoked a religious analogy in describing the city’s response to the crisis at an unrelated event on Friday.

“When people look back on this moment, they are going to realize we were not only good worshippers but good practitioners,” Adams said.

Mayor Adams is expected back in the city on Monday.