Zohran Mamdani: “26 Federal Plaza... It's the sign of the American nightmare…”

“I'm one of them. And what we've seen this administration do is transform the very places that we used to associate with the American dream. You know, 26 Federal Plaza... It's the sign of the American nightmare. It's where people go there for what should be a routine immigration check in. They don't know if they're going to get detained or deported. And so my job is to stand up for those New Yorkers, stand up for every New Yorker and to say that we're going to use every tool at our …” (06:04–06:18)

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