Zohran Mamdani: “We have long had a set of more than 170 serious crimes that…”

“These are policies that were introduced to ensure that every New Yorker would feel comfortable coming forward to report crimes as well to local law enforcement. And as the governor said, We have long had a set of more than 170 serious crimes that if anyone were to commit, we would be in contact with the federal administration about. What we are seeing, however, from ICE is an attempt to criminalize the very fact of being an immigrant.” (21:46–21:58)

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