New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani accepts an endorsement from the United Bodegas of America in the Bronx, New York City, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
"One of the things we've seen over the last several decades is an emphasis amongst many social organizations, nonprofits, the government itself, on this concept of pushing integration, and not assimilation. 'Assimilation' was treated as a dirty word," Hamilton said, highlighting resistance against pushing for immigrants to adopt American culture.
He said the difference is that integration now means that "we're integrating you from whatever background you have, whatever political ideology you have, and we're just integrating you into society and everyone else has to deal with it."
While Hamilton acknowledges that immigration can create appreciation for cultures, he asserted that this does not mean that those coming to the U.S. can ignore the existing culture they're moving into. He also emphasized the importance of upholding existing immigration laws, arguing that enforcement is not just about border control but about protecting American values.
"There are prohibitions, there are restrictions from the admission of individuals for many, many reasons," he told Fox News Digital. "You can't admit somebody to the United States who's been a member of a totalitarian party or communist party. There are people that you can't submit because they're going to engage in certain types of activity."
A Zohran Mamdani supporter gathers at a canvass launch in Hells Kitchen, New York City, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
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Hamilton reflected on how the American people "outright rejected the open borders mentality of the Biden administration," adding that it went beyond the rejection of open land borders and also the bringing in of people from all across the world.
"Things take time. It takes years for things to change, but we are now dealing with the consequences of years of failure up until now. We have a real chance to fix it now. Donald Trump is fixing things on the national level. The people of New York still have a chance to make this right. But things are looking really bad," Hamilton said.
Hamilton also touched on the mentality New York Republicans should have while heading to the polls. Despite there being a Republican candidate in the race, there are those who believe that voting for Cuomo would hurt Mamdani, while voting for Sliwa would help him.
Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Zohran Mamdani at the mayoral debate. (Angelina Katsanis-Pool/Getty Images)
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"I think it's really hard," Hamilton said. "Ultimately, I know a lot of people like Sliwa. He seems like a wonderful man. I don't know him personally. And so you can stand proud and support on principle voting for a Republican. But at the end of the day, you also have to accept and recognize reality sometimes. And whatever it takes to ensure that you do get a Marxist in office is a reasonable decision to make, and so if that means holding your nose and voting for Cuomo, that's a personal decision to make."
Even with the national election long over and the 2025 races just days away, there are those who are thinking about next year's midterms and how a Mamdani win could shift the tides.
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"Certainly I think you'll see the Democratic Party rally around him and the energy behind his election as a means to try to turn out the vote in 2026 for their preferred candidates, to get this kind of more Marxist message out there and accepted," Hamilton said, adding that the possibly disastrous consequences of Mamdani's policies may not be evident immediately.
"It might take time to see the consequences of his disastrous policies. New York might not get trashed overnight," he added.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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