Overview
- Mamdani outlines that ICE cannot enter homes, schools, or private workplace areas without a judicial warrant signed by a judge, and that people may refuse entry and keep doors closed.
- He advises residents to remain silent if they choose, to ask “Am I free to go?” when detained, and to record agents as long as they do not interfere.
- The mayor-elect vows to protect the rights of the city’s more than 3 million immigrants and to safeguard New Yorkers’ constitutional right to protest.
- Conservative commentators criticized the video as encouraging noncompliance, while coverage framed it as an early sign of friction with federal immigration enforcement.
- The posting comes after protesters stalled an ICE operation near Canal Street, the second sweep in the area in six weeks after October arrests, with Mamdani set to take office on January 1.