{"id":1912,"date":"2025-11-15T21:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2025-11-15T21:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:55:07","slug":"zohran-mamdani-faces-deportation-threat-from-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1912","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani faces deportation threat from Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zohran Mamdani faces deportation threat from Donald Trump<\/h1>\n
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Just days after making history as New York City\u2019s first Muslim mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani is now facing an unprecedented threat: the President of the United States wants to strip him of his citizenship.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 4, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani secured a decisive victory, defeating Independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa by a wide margin. When he takes office on January 1, 2026, he will become the first Muslim, first South Asian, first African-born, and first Millennial mayor in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate,\u201d Mamdani told a roaring crowd at his election night rally. \u201cI am young, despite my best efforts to grow older. I am Muslim. I am a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologise for any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The crowd outside Brooklyn Paramount erupted as he continued: \u201cNew York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change.\u201d<\/p>\n

That mandate came after a grassroots campaign focused on the affordability crisis facing millions of New Yorkers. Mamdani ran on a bold progressive platform that included free public bus service, universal childcare, and a rent freeze on stabilized apartments. Despite facing opponents with deep financial backing and establishment support, his victory stunned national observers.<\/p>\n

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But Mamdani\u2019s journey to New York\u2019s highest office began far from the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

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Became citizen in 2018
\nHe arrived in the U.S. from Uganda in 1998, when he was just seven years old. After living for years as a lawful permanent resident, he became a U.S. citizen in 2018 \u2013 a step that allowed him to eventually run for office.<\/p>\n

Now, as the assemblyman prepares to take the reins of City Hall, Mamdani\u2019s historic win has sparked intense backlash \u2013 not just from critics, but from some of the most powerful voices in conservative politics, including President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

ICE, threats, and retaliation
\nThe attacks on Mamdani had already started months before Election Day.<\/p>\n

During his primary victory speech in June 2025, Mamdani pledged to \u201cstop masked ICE agents from deporting our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bold promise quickly drew national attention \u2013 and a sharp response from Trump, who according to ABC News, said, \u201cWell then, we\u2019ll have to arrest him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The POTUS \u2013 who at the time called the mayor-elect a \u201cnut job\u201d \u2013 also echoed baseless claims that Mamdani is in the country unlawfully.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people are saying he\u2019s here illegally,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to look at everything. Ideally, he\u2019s going to turn out to be much less than a communist. But right now, he\u2019s a communist. That\u2019s not a socialist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Will not accept this intimidation\u2019
\nMamdani didn\u2019t stay silent. He posted a statement on X in response: \u201cThe President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cHis statements don\u2019t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not accept this intimidation,\u201d he added in his July 1 post.<\/p>\n

\u2018Going to have problems with Washington\u2019
\nAs Election Day approached, Trump escalated his attacks. On Truth Social, he labeled Mamdani a \u201cself-proclaimed New York City Communist\u201d and declared that his candidacy would benefit Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelf-proclaimed New York City Communist, Zohran Mamdani, who is running for Mayor, will prove to be one of the best things to ever happen to our great Republican Party,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social, according to CNBC. \u201cHe is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cRemember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his fake communist promises. He won\u2019t be getting any of it,\u201d he ranted over Mamdani \u2013 a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, not communist.<\/p>\n

Deportation threats and far-right fury
\nBut it didn\u2019t stop there \u2013 others in the Republican Party took a darker turn.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 29, Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles issued a news release calling for Mamdani to be investigated and stripped of his U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n

Ogles accused Mamdani \u2013 without offering evidence \u2013 of lying on his naturalization application and of being affiliated with \u201ccommunist\u201d and \u201cterroristic\u201d ideologies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Mamdani lied on his naturalisation documents, he doesn\u2019t get to be a citizen, and he certainly doesn\u2019t get to run for mayor of New York City,\u201d Ogles wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cA great American city is on the precipice of being run by a communist who has publicly embraced a terroristic ideology. The American naturalization system requires any alignments with communism or terrorist activities to be disclosed. I\u2019m doubtful he disclosed them. If this is confirmed, put him on the first flight back to Uganda,\u201d wrote Ogles, whose attacks against the mayor-elect have not stopped.<\/p>\n

But legal experts quickly pushed back. As PolitiFact reported, there is \u201cno credible evidence that Mamdani lied on his citizenship application,\u201d and \u201cdenaturalization, the process of revoking a person\u2019s citizenship, can be done only by judicial order.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, partisan outrage is not enough.<\/p>\n

\u2018Get through all of us\u2019
\nAs Mamdani prepares to take office, it\u2019s clear that it won\u2019t be a political honeymoon. Instead, he\u2019s stepping into power amid growing threats, media scrutiny, and right-wing fury. But if his response so far is any indication, he\u2019s not stepping back.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get to any of us,\u201d Mamdani said on election night, \u201cyou will have to get through all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think about the ongoing battle between the president and Zohran Mamdani? Are you team Trump or team Mamdani? Please let us know your thoughts and then share this story so we can get the conversation going!<\/p>\n

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