Overview
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said the agency has absolutely zero record of officers pulling over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son after she alleged agents stopped him and demanded proof of citizenship.
- The Department of Homeland Security called accusations of racial profiling categorically false and criticized Omar for what it described as a PR stunt lacking evidence.
- Omar stands by her account, has labeled recent ICE actions as state-sanctioned violence, and her office says her son and others were racially profiled and told to show passports.
- Omar says she and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have requested documentation of ICE stops in Minneapolis but have not received records from the agency.
- Federal authorities say recent enforcement in Minnesota targets undocumented Somali immigrants tied to alleged fraud schemes, with officials claiming some funds were routed to Somalia with possible terrorist links.