by Sharelle B. McNair
December 9, 2025
The coaching video comes simply days after New Yorkers have been seen stopping ICE brokers from detaining folks on Canal Road near town’s Chinatown neighborhood.
New York Metropolis Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is giving eager recommendation to immigrants residing in The Huge Apple on their rights to refuse to talk to or adjust to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers following a failed raid in Manhattan.
In a video posted on X, Mamdani, a proud immigrant from Uganda, mentioned, “We will all stand as much as ICE if you recognize your rights,” giving step-by-step directions on what immigrants have the correct to do if approached by brokers. “When you encounter ICE, these are the issues that each New Yorker ought to know. First, ICE cannot enter personal areas like your house, faculty, or personal space of your office with no judicial warrant signed by a decide,” he began, accompanied by an instance.
“If ICE doesn’t have a judicial warrant signed by a decide, you may have the correct to say, ‘I don’t consent to entry’ and the correct to maintain your door closed.”
He continued to elucidate that migrants have the selection to not communicate to federal immigration brokers and suggested on easy methods to reply if put in handcuffs. “ICE is legally allowed to misinform you, however you may have the correct to stay silent. When you’re being detained, you might all the time ask, ‘Am I free to go?’ repeatedly till they reply you,” Mamdani mentioned.
The coaching video comes simply days after New Yorkers have been seen stopping ICE brokers from detaining folks on Canal Road near town’s Chinatown neighborhood. Involved residents have been seen blocking vans from leaving garages following the flopped raid, chanting, “ICE out of New York.”
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