The Trump administration wants to make Zohran Mamdani, the Uganda-born Muslim who'll be New York City's next mayor, the public face for its case against legal immigration.

Why it matters: Republicans aren't just making immigration tougher. They're also sowing fear that Mamdani's popularity will ripple through other American cities with big immigrant populations. • "Import communists, become communists," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller posted before Tuesday's election. He shared a poll showing Mamdani was winning a majority of foreign-born voters. • "What we don't want to see is more Dearborns," said Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, referring to the first Arab-majority city in the U.S. It's represented by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a first-generation Pal

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