Zohran Mamdani: “What we've found from the Republican administration has been…”

“But in terms of international obligations, in terms of the extent that the border has seen a dramatic drop in illegal crossings, so I guess that is the tension that a lot of people see. I think that What we've found from the Republican administration has been a desire to make any and all immigration illegal. And I sit before you as one of the first immigrant mayors of our city in generations. I lead a city where of 8.5 million people, more than 3 million, are immigrants.” (31:29–31:38)

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