Zohran Mamdani: “Our sanctuary city policies allow the city to work with the…”

“Is that accurate? It's not accurate. I've said this directly, both to the President, but as well as in public. Our sanctuary city policies allow the city to work with the federal administration if anyone has been convicted of more than 170 serious crimes. What we are talking about is the concern for so many New Yorkers whose only crime seems to be being here in New York City, that they are being targeted in these countries kinds of ways.” (21:35–21:44)

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