In the aftermath of the triumph of three far-left, Zohran Mamdani–backed candidates in yesterday’s New York City Democratic congressional primaries, many on the right are taking greater notice of the impact that mass migration from Third World countries has had on Gotham’s politics. It’s an understandable impulse: More than one-third of the city’s population (and 43 percent of its workforce) was born abroad. Half of New York City residents speak a language other than English at home, and one-quarter aren’t proficient in our country’s official language. While New York has long had among the largest foreign-born populations of America’s major cities, today’s levels are at highs not seen in nearly 100 years, since the Ellis Island waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Mamdani slate of congressmen-in-waiting — Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier, each sure to win in their deep-blue districts — all support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, curtailing deportations, dramatically expanding legal migration, and welcoming illegal immigrants. Avila Chevalier, perhaps the most extreme of the bunch (and that’s saying quite a bit), once tweeted “F*** Kamala Harris” after the then–vice president asked migrants to stop illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. She has also previously called for open borders, banning all deportations, abolishing prisons, and seizing private property.
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