Ilhan Omar claims ICE pulled over her son
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has stated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers pulled over her son after he made a stop at a Target store, asking for identification before letting him go without incident. Omar also shared that ICE agents had previously visited the mosque where her son prays but left without any confrontation. This comes amid an intensified immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota called “Operation Metro Surge.” While ICE claims it is indeed not specifically targeting Somalis, the Somali community has been under heightened scrutiny, including a Treasury Department investigation into a large financial fraud scandal.President Donald Trump has amplified his criticism of the Somali community and Omar personally, accusing her of constant complaining during a recent speech. Omar responded by accusing Trump of having an unhealthy obsession with Minnesota’s Somali population and suggested that his focus on this community is a distraction from other political issues.
Ilhan Omar claims ICE pulled over her son
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) claimed that officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pulled over her son on Saturday and requested identification, though they left without incident.
“Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by [ICE] agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go,” Omar told a Minnesota-area radio station.
Omar, who is Somali American, also said that a week before the traffic stop, ICE officers were at a mosque where her son was praying but left without incident. Omar added that her son “always” carries his passport just in case he is stopped by federal immigration officers.
News of the traffic stop comes as immigration enforcement has been ramped up in Minnesota as part of what the Department of Homeland Security has dubbed “Operation Metro Surge.”
ICE officers have insisted they are not “targeting” Somalis in the operation, with DHS recently touting arrests of more than 400 illegal immigrants from various countries.
But Trump has escalated his rhetoric against the Somali community, which has been under scrutiny over a massive financial fraud scandal that is being investigated by the Treasury Department.
That has included him directly calling out Omar, including at a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday on affordability.
“I love this Ilhan Omar,” Trump said. “Whatever the hell her name is, with the little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch. She’s always complaining.”
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Omar has hit back at the president for what she called his “unhealthy obsession” with the Minnesota Somali community.
In the radio interview on Sunday, she suggested Trump is trying to distract from issues of affordability and the Epstein files by fixating his attention on Somalis and the fraud case.
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