Zohran Mamdani: “A father and his six-year-old son...went to an elementary…”

“And while so much of the focus has been on the attempted raid at Canal street, we know that ice's actions extend far beyond that in New York City. You know, recently A father and his six-year-old son...went to an elementary school in my district in Astoria, Guanxin, and we still do not know where they are. And this has been part of the transformation of sites that used to be areas of routine immigration check in, like 26 Federal Plaza, making them instead places where families are detained and deported, even when a child is as young as six years old.” (09:21–09:32)

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