Overview
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said the agency has "absolutely ZERO record" of officers pulling over Omar’s son and called the assertion unsupported.
- Lyons argued the allegation fuels threats against personnel, citing a more than 1,150% rise in assaults and an 8,000% jump in death threats against ICE officers and agents.
- Omar has maintained that her U.S.-born son was stopped after a Target trip and released after showing a passport ID, as she described in a WCCO interview.
- She sent a letter to DHS, Kristi Noem and Lyons accusing federal agents of racial profiling and unnecessary force, and seeking documentation on the enforcement surge.
- Federal officials say the Minnesota push targets alleged welfare and pandemic-era fraud tied to some Somali immigrants, a flashpoint as President Trump intensifies attacks on Omar and Somali migration.