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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) expressed outrage after a City Council employee was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday during what has been described as a routine immigration court appointment. The incident took place on Long Island and prompted Mamdani to label
the detention an "assault on our democracy" in a public statement posted
to X. He has demanded the employee's immediate release. The employee is reportedly a data analyst who has worked for the council for about a year. He has since been transferred to a detention facility in Manhattan. It's absolutely fantastic to know that an illegal alien is handling data for the largest city in the United States. "I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a routine immigration appointment," Mamdani fumed. "This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values. I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation." READ MORE: Mamdani’s ‘Globalized Intifada’ Gets a Little Less Globalized – Appointee Quits Over Vile Posts 'Save a Life, Kill an ICE': Radical Agitators Chant Violent Threats in the 'Warmth' of Mamdani's NYC Nah, Chief. An assault on our democracy is allowing an invasion of criminal illegals into this country. Oh, speaking of assault ... Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials defended the arrest, stating that the employee is in the United States illegally after entering on a B2 tourist visa in 2017, which required him to depart that same year. He was reportedly not granted the legal right to remain or work in this country. Worse, DHS has stated the employee has a criminal history that includes an arrest for assault. No further details on that charge are available at this time. "He had no legal right to be in the United States," department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, according to ABC News. "Under Secretary [Kristi] Noem, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States. If you come to our country illegally and break our law, we will find you, and we will arrest you." City officials, however, maintain that the employee was "doing everything right," claim he had work authorization valid until October, and said there is no indication that the detention stemmed from anything beyond his immigration status. You know, the ol' 'the only thing he did wrong was be in the country illegally' drumbeat. As if that's not enough to get you detained by ICE.
Democrats didn't want to hear all that noise about being in the country. And damned if you could get them to comment on the alleged assault. Nay, they simply wanted the man released without any curiosity about his alleged criminal behavior. "DHS confirmed that this employee had gone in for a routine court appointment and was nevertheless detained. They provided no other basis for his detainment," NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin (D) said during a press briefing on Monday. "On the contrary, he was a city council employee who is doing everything right. He went to the court when he was asked." If he were doing everything right, he wouldn't have overstayed his visa. He would have followed the steps necessary to remain in the country legally. Instead of getting a case of the sads over this, perhaps Menin could better use her time and resources to try to figure out why an alleged illegal with an arrest record is working for her City Council. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) also expressed outrage over the data analyst's detainment. "This is exactly what happens when immigration enforcement is weaponized," she wrote on X. "Detaining people during routine court appearances doesn’t make us safer. It erodes trust, spreads fear, and violates basic principles of fairness." Enforcement should be weaponized against those in the country illegally. Even more so for those with a history of assault. The real assault on democracy isn't ICE doing its job—it's the brazen hypocrisy of New York City's progressive elites, who clutch their pearls over every illegal swept up in law enforcement operations, while turning a blind eye to the fact that an illegal alien with an assault arrest on his record may have been quietly working for the nation's largest city government. Mamdani and Menin can scream about it all they want. |
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