NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he\u2019ll do everything in his power to prevent \u201chorrific\u201d actions by federal immigration officers, one day after officers shot and killed an American nurse in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
The city has \u201ca number of tools\u201d to dissuade President Donald Trump from ordering an aggressive ICE operation, Mamdani said on ABC\u2019s This Week.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd whether those tools are the utilization of the courts or it\u2019s the tools of the bully pulpit or it\u2019s our own city policies, we\u2019re going to exhaust every option to protect New Yorkers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The mayor defended New York\u2019s sanctuary-city policies, which Trump opposes, and allows cities to limit their cooperation with federal agencies seeking to deport undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, you have masked agents who are terrorizing people across this country. You have the loss of what it means to be an American in your own country, the sense of safety and the sense of self,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s something we should all be fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mamdani and Trump have been in touch following a November meeting at the White House where the president said he wanted to see the mayor succeed.<\/p>\n
Mamdani said Trump gave him his cell-phone number, and that their conversations have focused on delivering for New Yorkers. He declined to go into specifics.<\/p>\n