Zohran Mamdani faces deportation threat from Donald Trump

Just days after making history as New York City’s 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.

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’s history.

“The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate,” Mamdani told a roaring crowd at his election night rally. “I 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.”

The crowd outside Brooklyn Paramount erupted as he continued: “New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change.”