Zohran Mamdani video teaches immigrants rights during ICE encounters in New York City

TLDR:

• NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani released a video teaching immigrants how to legally resist ICE agents
• The video warns that agents can lie and shows examples of allegedly false paperwork used for arrests
• Mr. Mamdani, who became a naturalized citizen in 2018, moved to NYC from Uganda at age 7
• The guidance comes as ICE conducts sweeps in Manhattan, including near Chinatown

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is teaching immigrants how to “stand up to ICE” in a video released after recent immigration raids swept through Manhattan.

In the social media video posted Sunday, Mr. Mamdani told immigrants they have the right to refuse to speak to or comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

“We can all stand up to ICE if you know your rights,” he said.

The incoming mayor warned that immigration agents are legally allowed to lie, to which people have the right to remain silent. He alleged that some agents show false paperwork to make arrests, including a visual example in his video.

Mr. Mamdani instructed that residents can film agents without interfering and refuse requests to enter private spaces. Agents cannot enter homes, schools or nonpublic workplace areas without a judicial warrant signed by a judge, he said.

The socialist Democrat, who will be sworn in Jan. 1, was born in Uganda to parents of Indian origin before moving to New York City at age 7. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018.

“New York will always welcome immigrants, and I will fight each and every day to protect, support, and celebrate our immigrant brothers and sisters,” Mr. Mamdani said.

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