“You must be held accountable”: Mamdani gears up for ICE showdown

Zohran Mamdani sent a message to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mere hours after handily winning the New York City mayoral poll While speaking to reporters in Queens about his transition squad Mamdani was questioned about contemporary ICE actions in the city New York City courthouses have been flashpoints in ongoing standoffs between ICE agents and immigrant activists in President Donald Trump s second term Masked agents have used the scheduled appearances of undocumented immigrants at courthouses across the country as an opportunity to detain them Mamdani My message to I C E Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law If you violate the law you must be held accountable And there is sadly a sense that is growing across this country that certain people are pic twitter com z MKINhNB Acyn Acyn November Related Mamdani wins How a democratic socialist toppled the Empire State machine My message to ICE agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law If you violate the law you must be held accountable Mamdani noted There s sadly a sense that is growing across this country that certain people are allowed to violate the law whether that be the president or agents themselves What New Yorkers are looking for is an era of consistency An era of clarity and an era of conviction And that s what we will deliver to them Mamdani hasn t shied away from standing up for New Yorkers detained by federal immigration agents In March he confronted Trump limit czar Tom Homan while Homan was visiting Albany Held back by a police detail Mamdani questioned whether Homan presumed in the First Amendment and petitioned how several more New Yorkers Homan planned to detain President Trump has since threatened to arrest Mamdani if he attempts to curtail ICE operations Read more about this topic With or without you Homan warns sanctuary cities that mass deportation is coming We re going to look at everything Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani if he becomes NYC mayor Accident Trump says governing body shutdown a big factor for GOP electoral contest night wipeout The post You must be held accountable Mamdani gears up for ICE showdown appeared first on Salon com