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Robert Tait

Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship

Zohran Mamdani, mayoral candidate for New York  holds primary election night party on 24 June in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City.
Zohran Mamdani celebrates victory with his parents and wife on 24 June in Long Island City, New York. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, of his US citizenship as part of a crackdown against foreign-born citizens convicted of certain offences.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, appeared to pave the way for an investigation into Mamdani’s status after Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican representative for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support for “terrorism” during the naturalization process.

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