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Rep. Omar Says Federal Agents Pulled Over Her Son, Asking Him to Provide Proof of Citizenship

HeadlineDec 15, 2025

Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to provide proof of his U.S. citizenship. Omar told TV station WCCO the incident came just one day after she warned her son to be careful in parts of Minneapolis that are home to large populations of Somali Americans, whom President Trump recently described in a racist tirade as “garbage.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar: “I had to remind him just how worried I am, because all of these areas that they are talking about are areas where he could possibly find himself in, and they are racially profiling. They are looking for young men who look Somali, that they think are undocumented.”

Meanwhile, a man and woman in a Minneapolis suburb are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer, after they drove away with a Homeland Security Investigations agent in the passenger seat of their car following an immigration stop. The agent reportedly pointed a gun at the car’s driver, while her companion dialed 911 from the back seat to report they were taking the agent to a police station. The driver was arrested outside the station, while federal agents chased the man into a grocery store and electrocuted him with a Taser.

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