Zohran Mamdani: “I will be a mayor who defends and is proud of our sanctuary…”

“… court orders, but also doing so in a brazen fashion that is as if gleeful in the cruelty they impart upon New Yorkers. And I will be a mayor who I will be a mayor who defends and is proud of our sanctuary city laws. city laws. One that recognizes that they are laws that keep us safe. One that looks at this city and the 40% of its residents who were born outside of this country as just as New York as anyone else.” (03:30–03:37)

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