Mamdani slammed for urging illegal immigrants to stand up to ICE

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Mamdani, who takes the helm of the United States' largest city next month, offered his legal advice to the New York's 'more than three million immigrants' in the wake of last week's ICE raid in Chinatown - which was disrupted by protesters.
52% : 'ICE is legally allowed to lie to you,' he declared.
50% : Last weekend, ICE attempted to raid Canal Street and detain our immigrant neighbors,' the Democrat Socialist said in a video posted to X. 'As mayor, I'll protect the rights of every single New Yorker.
50% : A bag vendor reportedly sprinting up and down Canal Street shouting: 'ICE is here' and pointing to unmarked cars.
50% : Nearby, protestors closed in on federal agents, chanting '[expletive] ICE!'
49% : 'But we can all stand up to ICE if you know your rights,' he said, scribbling the words 'Know Your Rights' onto a whiteboard.
46% : He also told residents they are 'legally allowed to film ICE as long as you do not interfere with an arrest.' 'Do not impede their investigation, resist arrest or run,' Mamdani advised.
45% : But Mamdani has long vowed that he would protect New York City residents from ICE, and even campaigned on defying ICE agents.
44% : He then displayed an example of what he said was non-binding legal paperwork ICE agents may show instead of a warrant.
41% : The mayor-elect then went on to advise that ICE agents cannot enter private spaces like homes, schools or workplaces without a judicial warrant, and 'you have the right to say "I do not consent to entry" and the right to keep your door closed.'
39% : Others argued that even when he becomes mayor, Mamdani does not have the authority to stop ICE raids.
34% : Mamdani's renewed call to defy ICE comes after more than 150 demonstrators tried to block agents conducting a sting in Chinatown with a blockade of trashcans and plant pots.
34% : The protest soon became violent when demonstrators threw trash and cardboard boxes into the street and stood in front of moving vehicles, chanting 'ICE out of New York.'
20% : New York City's incoming socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani was slammed on Sunday after he urged illegal immigrants to 'stand up' to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

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