Zohran Mamdani renews call to abolish ICE

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaffirmed his previous calls for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be “abolished,” saying he understands New Yorkers’ “fear” of agents coming into their neighborhoods. 

“As their mayor, I firmly believe that ICE should be abolished,” Mamadani said on the Latino USA podcast Friday. “That we should have an answer to the question of immigration with humanity at the heart of it. “I will not sit here beside you and proclaim the only way to respond to [immigration] is an agency that I’m older than.” 

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