In a letter dispatched Monday to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE acting director David Venturella, Mamdani demanded an immediate halt to these activities. The mayor noted that agents have been spotted utilizing unstaffed lots, including those situated near public parks and a city-run preschool. He characterized the presence of federal enforcement at these locations as a danger to residents and a source of intimidation for those attempting to access public space.
This confrontation follows a volatile incident in the Bronx where a plainclothes ICE agent shot a Dominican immigrant in the presence of his five-year-old son. The shooting sparked widespread community outrage and bolstered calls for the federal agency to cease operations within the city. Mamdani has previously characterized ICE as "rotten to its core" and has publicly urged President Donald Trump to abolish the organization entirely.
The administration’s latest move follows an October initiative in which Mamdani and over 100 elected officials urged private garage and lot owners to deny federal agents access to their property. By pressuring both public and private stakeholders to bar the agency, the mayor aims to disrupt the logistics of federal immigration enforcement at the local level.
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