By Ammon Blair, The Federalist - “If these are not attacks upon the stranger among us, what is?” Mamdani asked. “There is no reforming something so rotten and base.”... This is an inversion of moral authority... Mass migration is framed as a moral and civilizational imperative, demanding compassion and openness, while serious pushback on enforcement is recast as intolerant, unjust, or even xenophobic. This framing mirrors elements of the Muslim Brotherhood’s doctrine of tamkeen (institutional entrenchment)... a phased civilizational strategy built on population presence, parallel institutions, resistance to full assimilation, and long-term influence over policy, law, and public narrative... The result is a classic hypocrisy cost in the weaponization of mass migration ...