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June 5, 2025 | Rapid Response
Border Security / Immigration

The Real Winner of the NYC Democrat Mayoral Debate: Criminal Illegal Aliens

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Last night, nine Democrats went head-to-head during the New York City mayoral debate. The big winner? Illegal Aliens. 

Instead of spending the evening talking about how they would help American citizens, these Democrats fought over who would spend the most taxpayer dollars to help the illegal aliens that the Trump administration is working to deport.
 


 

New York City is home to 58,000 criminal migrants with more than 1,000 being gang members. These are the people that New York Democrats want to help the most:

  • Every Single Democrat said antisemite and Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil should be released from ICE Custody. 
  • State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani vowed to use taxpayer dollars to fund Medicaid for illegal aliens.
  • Speaker of the New York City Council Adrienne Adams said it is her “mission” to protect criminal illegal aliens and that ICE has no place on Rikers Island, the city’s largest jail.
  • NYC Comptroller Brad Lander said he will work to keep illegal aliens on New Yorker-funded Medicaid. 
  • State Senator Jessica Ramos said she would use New Yorkers’ tax dollars to fund lawyers for illegal aliens.

Last month, these same  Democrats took to the streets of New York with calls of violence, chanting " Abolish ICE." 

And it’s not just Democrats running for mayor in New York City. Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently repeated her call to abolish ICE altogether.

Will frontline House Democrats like Reps. Tom Suozzi or Laura Gillen - whose districts are right next to New York City – or any other New York Democrat condemn these radical views? Don’t bet on it. Every New York Democrat in the House voted against President Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill, which contains the largest investment in border security and immigration enforcement in U.S. history.