“I’ve spoken to him directly about how I perceive ICE as a cruel agency that fails to serve public safety. I’ve expressed my belief that it should be abolished.”
The building at 26 Federal Plaza has emerged as a significant site for protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. This location houses an immigration court where masked immigration agents have used to make arrests, despite a federal judge’s order in May to restrict such detentions.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mamdani highlighted that ICE’s “cruelty” holds no “intellectual concern” for the city.
