New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shared a video Sunday reminding New Yorkers about their rights when it comes to interacting with federal immigration agents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the video posted online<\/a>, Mamdani vowed to protect the city’s 3 million immigrants, saying, “We can all stand up to ICE if you know your rights.”<\/p>\n Mamdani’s advice when encountering ICE agents<\/p>\n The mayor-elect said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents cannot enter homes, schools or private areas of a workplace without a judicial warrant signed by a judge.<\/p>\n “If ICE does not have a judicial warrant signed by a judge, you have the right to say, ‘I do not consent to entry,’ and the right to keep your door closed,” said Mamdani.\u00a0<\/p>\n The video includes examples of what Mamdani says are a legitimate judicial warrant and another set of paperwork that agents may try to present. \u00a0<\/p>\n “ICE is legally allowed to lie to you, but you have the right to remain silent,” he added. “If you’re being detained, you may always ask, ‘Am I free to go?’ repeatedly, until they answer you.”<\/p>\n He also said New Yorkers are legally allowed to film ICE, as long as they do not interfere with an arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It is important to remain calm during any interaction with ICE or law enforcement. Do not impede their investigation, resist arrest or run,” he said.<\/p>\n Mamdani takes a stance on ICE action in NYC<\/p>\n The mayor-elect’s guidance came a week after ICE agents were met with protests as they detained people in Lower Manhattan<\/a>.<\/p>\n “New York will always welcome immigrants, and I will fight each and every day to protect, support, and celebrate our immigrant brothers and sisters,” Mamdani said in Sunday’s video.<\/p>\n Mamdani has also spoken out about the detention of a father and 6-year-old son<\/a> from his assembly district in Queens, writing on social media<\/a>, “This cruelty serves no one. It must end.”<\/p>\n Last month, White House border czar Tom Homan announced\u00a0he planned to step up ICE enforcement in New York City<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n After meeting with President Trump days later<\/a>, Mamdani said he was “confident that we’re establishing a productive relationship.” He said they spoke about the city’s sanctuary policies<\/a>, which allow the city government to coordinate with federal law enforcement on approximately 170 serious crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shared a video Sunday reminding New Yorkers about their rights when it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2301,9,24,55,54,56,7130,82],"class_list":["post-64298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-immigration","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}