New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed back against Tom Homan’s threats during a press conference with Governor Kathy Hochul Monday, calling for ICE to be abolished and saying, “I believe that ICE raids are cruel, they are inhumane, they do nothing to serve in the interest of public safety.” Mamdani also responded to the mounting barriers faced by World Cup fans and soccer players from qualifying nations that are on Trump’s travel ban and visa restrictions list.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “The World Cup is supposed to be a celebration of the world as a whole. And some of the decisions that we’ve seen been taken by the federal administration, be it the denial of visas for journalists from certain countries or the rejection of a visa for a coach of a team, as well as single-day visas for specific foreign national teams, this is anathema to what this tournament is supposed to be about. If we cannot even allow the players, the teams and the journalists covering those teams to come into this city and this country, then it begs a larger question about our commitment to the spirit of this tournament.”