02/07/2025
New York's Indian origin mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has responded to President Donald Trump's deportation threat and said he won't be "intimidated" by the same. Trump earlier threatened to have Mamdani arrested if he "stops Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from doing its work in America's most populous city".
Trump had been under fire for his anti-immigrant actions after he deployed Marines and forces in Los Angeles (LA), leading to widespread protests.
He recently said Mamdani is in the country "illegally" and he would get him deported. Trump had been targeting Mamdani since the latter entered the New York mayoral race. The President also raised doubts over the legality of Mamdani's citizenship, who came to the US in 1998 when he was seven years old.
