Mamdani\u2019s furious response says more about the modern Democratic Party than about ICE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A foreign national overstayed a tourist visa, never received legal permission to live or work here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and still ended up inside New York City government handling public data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When immigration authorities finally detained him, the mayor treated it like a coup instead of a correction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the inversion at the heart of our politics: the system bends over backward to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shield those who break the law, while smearing those tasked with enforcing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calling immigration law an \u201cassault on democracy\u201d is a way of ducking accountability for years of willful neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The real democratic crisis isn\u2019t ICE at a courthouse;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it is political leaders who redefine \u201cvalues\u201d to mean ignoring the law until public safety,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
trust, and basic common sense are all put at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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