Overview
- Rep. Ilhan Omar told WCCO that her U.S.-born son was stopped by ICE after a Target visit and released after showing his passport.
- Homeland Security and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said agency databases and checks with HSI and ERO show no record of such a stop.
- Lyons questioned the lack of video or other proof and said baseless claims have fueled threats and assaults against ICE personnel.
- Omar’s office maintains the stop occurred, alleging racial profiling and faulty recordkeeping, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz backed her account.
- The dispute is unfolding during ICE’s Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, which DHS says has resulted in more than 400 arrests.