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**Trump Baselessly Claims NYC Mayoral Candidate is ‘Here Illegally,’ Threatens Arrest**

**NEW YORK, NY** – In a move decried as both dangerous and demonstrably false, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday made the unsubstantiated claim that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a naturalized U.S. citizen, is “here illegally.” Trump also threatened to have Mamdani arrested should he obstruct immigration enforcement by ICE.

Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and immigrated to the United States in 1998 at the age of seven, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018. Should he win, he would be the first Muslim mayor of New York City. Despite this verifiable information, Trump repeated the unsubstantiated claim by saying, “A lot of people are saying he’s here illegally. We’re going to look at everything.”

The comments came after a journalist questioned what would happen if Mamdani blocked ICE arrests, to which Trump responded, “Well then we’ll have to arrest him.”

Mamdani responded to Trump’s claims on social media, stating, “The president of the United States just threatened to have me arrested… [These statements] don’t 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.” He vowed not to be intimidated.

Governor Kathy Hochul, while not formally endorsing Mamdani, publicly defended him following Trump’s remarks.

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