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Zohran Mamdani: “ICE raids are cruel and inhumane.”

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Zohran Mamdani says Iran war speaks to a "broken kind of politics" | Newsmakers

Published April 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 12:16

But we're also very clear about places of disagreement. And one place that I mentioned to the President was on my views around ice. I believe that ICE raids are cruel and inhumane. I believe they do nothing to deliver us on the stated intent of public safety. And in the previous meeting that I had with the President, I mentioned that just that morning a Columbia student had been detained by ice. (12:16–12:19)

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“More than 12,000 homes, the most homes delivered in a single housing development the city has seen since the early 1970s.”
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