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Mayor Zorhan Mamdani leads a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over immigration, while Trump's border czar confirms a very serious investigation into Ilhan Omar.

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New York City Mayor Zorhan Mamdani has announced a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to shield immigrants who are on welfare.

Georgia Howe (2:22)

Daily Wire immigration reporter Jennie Taer joins us now to discuss. So Jennie, President Trump wants to alter this long time policy. First, can you describe what this policy is and what Mamdani wants to challenge here?

Jennie Taer (2:36)

The Trump Administration is looking to expand the definition of what is known as a public charge. So these are green card applicants or visa applicants who immigration officers deem unlikely to, quote, be self-sufficient and actually more likely to be dependent on taxpayer-funded government benefits.

So this new expansion of the rule will go into effect Friday, adding more public benefits to the list that include health care and food assistance. They're also broadening the definition of those deemed as public charges and what they're saying is that immigration officers can determine that someone is a public charge based on any means-tested public benefits. So a lot of questions from immigration advocates and lawyers about what this really means, they're concerned that the definition is too broad and will mean that a lot of people will be swept up under this.

Georgia Howe (3:31)

Is the idea that people would be more likely deported if they are deemed to be a public charge?

Jennie Taer (3:37)

Yes, that's exactly why Mamdani is taking action here. Now he is unsurprisingly doing this. He's a sanctuary city mayor. He's a democratic socialist.

But he did express during a press conference on Monday this exact thing, that the Trump Administration is likely to deport more people because this definition is being expanded, that more individuals will be considered public charges, that they will be a burden on taxpayer funded welfare programs. He also claimed that up to 4 million people would be affected by this and went so far as to say that people could die in his own words as a result of losing their health care. Listen here.

Zohran Mamdani (4:19)

The toll of this new rule cannot be overstated. It is estimated that up to 4 million people from across the country could unenroll from their health care alone, including 1.8 million children. None of this is abstract.

People could die.

Jennie Taer (4:36)

We should note that Mamdani is not the only one suing to stop this. New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James also filed a separate legal challenge with 21 other Democratic-run states against these changes.

They don't just want a temporary pause from a judge. They want this completely scrapped.