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'They want us grateful for merely being allowed': Zohran Mamdani delivers pro-immigration July 4 speech

Zohran Mamdani Immigration United States America Donald Trump New York

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a pro-immigration address on Friday marking the eve of the United States' 250th Independence Day celebrations, presenting an alternative vision of America to President Donald Trump hours before the president's scheduled speech at Mount Rushmore.

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Speaking from New York City Hall while seated behind a desk once used by George Washington and surrounded by recently naturalized US citizens holding American flags, Mamdani framed immigration as central to the country's identity and criticised what he described as efforts to define America through exclusion. Though he did not mention Trump by name, several remarks appeared aimed at the administration's immigration policies.

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