{"id":1695,"date":"2025-11-15T17:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:48:01","slug":"zohran-mamdani-faces-deportation-threat-from-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readinstory.com\/?p=1695","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani faces deport:ation threat from Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On November 4, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani claimed a resounding victory, defe:ating Independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa by a significant margin. When he assumes office on January 1, 2026, Mamdani will make history as New York City\u2019s first Muslim, first South Asian, first African-born, and first Millennial mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conventional wisdom would suggest I\u2019m far from the ideal candidate,\u201d Mamdani told a jubilant crowd at his election night rally.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am young, despite trying to seem older. I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And perhaps most controversially, I refuse to apologize for any of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside Brooklyn Paramount, the crowd erupted as he added: \u201cTonight, New York has spoken, and the mandate is clear \u2013 change is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

This mandate followed a grassroots campaign centered on the affordability crisis affecting millions of residents. Mamdani\u2019s bold progressive platform proposed free public bus service, universal childcare, and a rent freeze for stabilized apartments. Despite facing opponents with substantial financial resources and establishment support, his victory surprised political observers nationwide.<\/p>\n

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Mamdani\u2019s path to City Hall, however, began far from New York.<\/p>\n

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From Uganda to U.S. citizenship<\/strong><\/h2>\n

He immigrated from Uganda in 1998 at age seven. After years as a lawful permanent resident, he became a U.S. citizen in 2018 \u2013 a milestone that eventually enabled him to run for office.<\/p>\n

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As the assemblyman prepares to take the city\u2019s highest office, his historic win has provoked strong backlash, particularly from prominent conservative figures, including former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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Attacks against Mamdani started months before Election Day. During his primary victory speech in June 2025, he pledged to \u201cstop masked ICE agents from deporting our neighbors,\u201d drawing national attention and swift pushback from Trump. According to ABC News, Trump war:ned, \u201cWell then, we\u2019ll have to arre:st him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, who labeled Mamdani a \u201cnut job\u201d at the time, also repeated unfounded claims that Mamdani was in the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany are claiming he\u2019s here unlawfully,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll investigate everything. Ideally, he\u2019ll prove to be far less of a communist. But right now, he\u2019s a communist, not a socialist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Standing firm<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mamdani responded on X, stating: \u201cThe President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, detained, and deported not because I\u2019ve broken any law, but because I refuse to let ICE terrorize our city. These statements aren\u2019t just an atta:ck on me and they\u2019re a war:ning to every New Yorker: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As Election Day drew closer, Trump intensified his atta:cks, calling Mamdani a \u201cself-proclaimed New York City Communist\u201d on Truth Social and suggesting that his candidacy would inadvertently benefit Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u201cZohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed New York City Communist running for Mayor, may turn out to be one of the best things to ever happen to our Republican Party,\u201d Trump wrote, adding, \u201cHe\u2019s going to face challenges in Washington like no mayor in our city\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n

A mayor undeterred<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As he prepares to take office, Mamdani faces a politically charged environment with threats, intense media scrutiny, and right-wing opposition. Yet his stance remains firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get to any of us,\u201d he declared on election night, \u201cyou will have to get through all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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