I believe that was a paraphrase of what Andrew Cuomo said earlier that day.
NO mention that the US had no immigration from 1929 -thru 1965 to prevent anarchists from comming here .
..and 40 years afterwards , we elected one !!
My auntie immigrated to the US in 1958. My parents had to sponsor her.
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.
The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act