New Delhi, June 26 -- US President Donald Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan delivered a fiery response to NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's vow to expel ICE from city facilities, warning the progressive Democrat that the federal government is ready to escalate operations in sanctuary cities like New York.

"It's game on," Homan said bluntly speaking with Fox News, a day after Mamdani declared victory in the Democratic primary over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Mamdani, 33, a state assemblyman from Queens and Democratic socialist, has made immigration policy a core pillar of his mayoral campaign.

"Zohran Mamdani will fight Trump's attempts to gouge the working class and deliver a city where everyone can afford a dignified life,...