Mamdani Ramps Up Immigrant Protections Against Trump Crackdown

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order strengthening protections for immigrants against federal enforcement, bolstering the city’s existing sanctuary policies with a series of new restrictions.

The order prohibits federal agents from using city parking lots and garages as staging areas or operations bases unless they have a judicial warrant. It also establishes an interagency committee to coordinate citywide crisis response and prohibits sharing New Yorkers’ private data with US immigration authorities without legal justification.

“Day after day, we bear witness to cruelty that staggers the conscience,” Mamdani said Friday at an interfaith breakfast at the New York ...