Mamdani on NYPD Arresting ICE Agents: Focus Is on Sanctuary Law, But ‘Has to Be Accountability for All of Us’ for Law to Be Meaningful
During an interview with MS NOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff on Wednesday, New York City Mayor-Elect Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) responded to a question on the NYPD possibly arresting ICE agents by stating that “My focus is for the NYPD to not be assisting ICE in their immigration enforcement and to actually be following the policies of sanctuary city law. And I do believe, however, that, for the law to have meaning, there has to be accountability for all of us.”
Soboroff asked, “I’ve also heard you say that no one is above the law and anyone can be held accountable, and that goes for the president of the United States and it also goes for ICE agents. I don’t want to put words in your mouth, but is there a scenario in which the NYPD under you could arrest ICE agents on the streets of New York for their behavior towards immigrants?”