The White House says it's talking with New York City officials but had no word on requests to declare a state of emergency over illegal immigration.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams claimed the United States immigration system is "broken" during an address last week and asked President Joe Biden's administration to declare an emergency to address it.

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stressed that there's frequent contact between Biden administration and New York officials, yet she didn't address the emergency request when asked about the situation by the Washington Examiner.

"We are in regular conversation with the mayor of New York City, and obviously as well with the governor of the state of New York," she said. "These are conversations that we have had for some time."

Jean-Pierre pointed to White House senior adviser Tom Perez as the point person for the talks and noted that the administration provided New York City with $100 million to address the crisis.

"We take this very seriously," she said. "We're continuing to have that conversation. I don't have anything else to add beyond that. But we are literally in touch with them almost on a daily basis."

Nearly 100,000 immigrants have flooded New York City since spring 2022, which Adams described as an unprecedented turn of events. He praised his own administration's devotion to finding shelter, food, and resources for the immigrants but claimed his city is beyond its breaking point.

Jean-Pierre declined to say whether or not Biden himself had spoken with Adams.

"Does 'we' include the president?" the Washington Examiner asked. "Has he been in touch with the mayor?"

The press secretary said she didn't have any "conversations to read out" and again mentioned the work being done by Perez.

Adams's request comes as New York continues to see busloads of immigrants enter its largest city, with eight busloads arriving from the southern border between Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.

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The Democratic mayor also sent people to the border to hand out fliers last month, informing immigrants that shelter space in New York is no longer guaranteed and that housing and food in the city is expensive.

While Jean-Pierre mentioned both the city and state of New York, there's been some infighting on the problem between the two layers of government. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) criticized the city this week for not accepting a number of state offers for money and support to cope with newly arrived immigrants seeking shelter.