New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has indicated that personal working relationships with President Trump are possible, whilst maintaining his fundamental opposition to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In a direct conversation, Mamdani conveyed his conviction that ICE functions as an inherently problematic institution and should be dismantled entirely.

Mamdani's stance represents a split from Trump on immigration policy specifically. He suggested that areas of agreement with the administration exist, but that his position on ICE abolition remains non-negotiable, framing the agency as fundamentally incompatible with his political values and vision for governance.