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Don’t Blame Immigrants for Mamdani’s Win

Debunking claims that immigrant support propelled the new mayor to victory.
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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station inside Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria, New York City, on November 4, 2025. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hours after democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani secured New York City’s mayoralty with 50 percent of the vote, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a lone screenshot. The image, pulled from a NYC.gov webpage titled “Family Household Types by Immigration Status,” began simply: “Almost 50 percent of New Yorkers live in households with at least one immigrant.” Miller had clearly identified his culprit.

Gil Guerra is a contributing writer at The Dispatch and a fellow at Hudson Institute. A specialist in politics, security, and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean, he is a 2026-27 Novak Fellow with the Fund for American Studies.

 

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