Zohran Mamdani: “These are policies in place to keep New Yorkers safe.”

“We will stand up and we will defend them. And I think too often, frankly, the conversation around sanctuary city policies, it does not acknowledge the fact that These are policies in place to keep New Yorkers safe. We often hear the justification of public safety as to why these policies should be attacked, when in fact, these are policies that used to be defended by Republicans and Democrats for decades.” (36:04–36:07)

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