In a stunning display of presidential compassion, Donald Trump agreed to the release of a Columbia University student detained by ICE after receiving a personal phone call from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday.
The student, Elmina "Ellie" Aghayeva, an online influencer, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown on immigration violations. But unlike his predecessor's cold bureaucratic approach, Trump showed he's willing to listen when local officials make reasonable requests.
"Just got off the phone with President Trump," Mayor Mamdani posted on social media. "He has just informed me that she will be released imminently."
"This shows the difference between Trump's leadership style and the previous administration's rigid bureaucracy. When there's a legitimate case to be made, this President will listen."
The swift resolution stands in stark contrast to the chaos and confusion that marked immigration enforcement under the Biden regime. Rather than hiding behind layers of federal bureaucracy, Trump personally engaged with the mayor's concerns and made an executive decision within hours.
This incident perfectly illustrates the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement: firm but fair. While the administration continues its historic deportation operation targeting criminal aliens and immigration violators, Trump showed that reasonable cases will receive reasonable consideration.
The fact that a Democratic mayor had to personally call Trump to resolve what should have been a routine administrative matter also highlights how the previous administration's policies created unnecessary confusion in the immigration system.
Presidential Leadership in Action
Patriots should note the stark difference here: instead of letting this young woman languish in federal custody while lawyers fought through courts for months, Trump cut through the red tape with a single phone call. That's the kind of decisive leadership America has been missing.
The question Democrats should be asking themselves: if Trump is such a "dictator," why did he immediately grant this mayor's request for mercy? The answer exposes their entire narrative as the lie it's always been.