Overview
- Tom Homan declared “game on” after Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic primary victory and promised to double down and triple down on immigration raids.
- He asserted that federal law overrides sanctuary city ordinances and will send additional agents into neighborhoods while increasing worksite enforcement tenfold.
- Zohran Mamdani has vowed to “Trump-proof” New York City by removing ICE from city jails, ending data-sharing with federal agencies and protecting undocumented residents from deportation.
- The confrontation underscores a broader clash between the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda and New York’s sanctuary policies.
- Mamdani now moves on to face incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, Republican Curtis Sliwa and independent Jim Walden in the general election.