As New York City prepares to elect socialist Zohran Mamdani as its next mayor, everyday New Yorkers are finally speaking up about the devastating consequences of the city’s sanctuary policies—and their stories should serve as a warning to every American city flirting with similar disasters.
A powerful new investigative video from The American Border Story reveals what the mainstream media won’t tell you: sanctuary city policies have transformed once-safe neighborhoods into danger zones where Venezuelan gangs patrol the streets with metal pipes, sex trafficking has surged, and parents are too afraid to take their children to public playgrounds.
Even moderate Democrats are sounding the alarm. Renee Collymore, a local organizer and lifelong Democrat, didn’t mince words about her own party’s failures.
“This is the worst city council I have ever seen in my life in New York City,” Collymore declared. She explained that the predominantly progressive, leftist, socialist council has created a one-party system that refuses to listen to traditional Democrats or common-sense concerns about public safety.
According to Collymore, when moderate Democrats like herself raise legitimate concerns about gang activity and community safety, they’re immediately branded as “anti-migrant” and shut down. Meanwhile, the far-left legislators “are acting like the migrants are their children” while ignoring the terrorized residents of neighborhoods like Hall Street.
The statistics are sobering, but the human stories are what really matter. After a migrant shelter opened in Collymore’s community, the neighborhood saw a dramatic rise in sex trafficking, stabbings, and even a triple murder. Venezuelan gangs didn’t just arrive—they took over, patrolling streets and instilling fear in law-abiding residents.
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