New York City’s incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani is bracing himself to tackle escalating immigration enforcement sweeps throughout the metropolis as he prepares to assume office in the coming year.
The 34-year-old Mamdani has previously butted heads with U.S. President Donald Trump on immigration matters, despite a surprisingly amicable encounter during the Democratic-Socialist’s inaugural White House visit last month.
The mayor-elect, whose parents immigrated from Uganda to India, provided city dwellers with guidance on navigating encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials through a bilingual video featuring English and Spanish captions, posted Sunday, declaring, “Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is – and always will be – a city for all immigrants.”…