{"id":45414,"date":"2025-12-17T01:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=45414"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:23:39","slug":"rep-ilhan-omar-claims-son-was-pulled-over-by-ice-and-forced-to-prove-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=45414","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims Son Was Pulled Over by ICE and Forced to Prove Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/6wzQkZX1WjFfv9es-3jzbt--1co=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(727x376:729x378):format(webp)\/Ilhan-Omar-121625-0ed3db368e6d4bf6ac69fe4bf8f6fe9f.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) looks on during a news conference on reintroducing the Neighbors Not Enemies Act on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said her son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend in Minnesota and asked to provide proof of citizenship<\/li>\n<li>The acting director of ICE said the agency has &#8220;absolutely ZERO record of its officers or agents pulling over&#8221; her son and accused her of trying to &#8220;unfairly demonize&#8221; its officers<\/li>\n<li>This month, President Donald Trump called Somali immigrants &#8220;garbage,&#8221; including Omar, who came to the U.S. from Somalia as a refugee and became a citizen in 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-somalia-refugee-camp-elected-congress-minnesota\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> of Minnesota said her son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend and asked to provide proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pupz-Dechn8\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">interview<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday, Dec. 14, with WCCO-TV in the Twin Cities, Omar \u2014 an outspoken critic of President <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Donald Trump<\/a> \u2014 said her son had been pulled over by ICE agents after visiting a Target store. She said that after he showed them his passport ID, which he always carries with him, they let him go.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, said in a written statement to PEOPLE that the agency has &#8220;absolutely ZERO record of its officers or agents pulling over Congresswoman Omar\u2019s son&#8221; and accused her of trying to &#8220;unfairly demonize&#8221; its officers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink--people-app-promo mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"people-app-promo__left_1-0\" class=\"comp people-app-promo__left mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"people-app-promo__text_1-0\" class=\"comp people-app-promo__text mntl-text-block\"><b>Our new app is here!<\/b> Free, fun and full of exclusives. Scan to download now!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In a recent letter to the Department of Homeland Security, Omar accused federal agents of &#8220;blatant racial profiling&#8221; and &#8220;an egregious level of unnecessary force&#8221; in the Twin Cities, which Lyons also denied in his written statement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Allegations that ICE engages in &#8216;racial profiling&#8217; are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A person&#8217;s immigration status makes them a target for enforcement, not their skin color, race or ethnicity. Law enforcement uses &#8216;reasonable suspicion&#8217; to make arrests, as allowed under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In response to Lyons&#8217; statement, a spokesperson for Omar tells PEOPLE the congresswoman stands by her account that her son and others had been &#8220;pulled over by ICE, racially profiled, and forced to prove their citizenship with a passport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"midcirc__card-list_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__card-list mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Dad Dies from COVID-19 Complications: &#8216;No Words Can Describe What He Meant to Me&#8217;<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Ilhan Omar Says She Is Where She Belongs After Trump Supporters Chant &#8216;Send Her Back&#8217; at Rally<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;ICE has long operated as a rogue agency beyond reform,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;It\u2019s no surprise that an agency known for disappearing people also can\u2019t keep its records straight. ICE now claims it has records of all the stops, and our office would welcome the opportunity to review them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Earlier this month, Trump, 79, called Somali immigrants &#8220;garbage&#8221; and said he does not want them in the U.S. His remark also targeted Omar, who came to the U.S. from Somalia as a refugee and became an American citizen in 2000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;These are people that do nothing but complain,&#8221; Trump said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-garbage-somalia-minneapolis-immigrant-omar-03e31bba53519d8a39b419679a3b75d9\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">during a cabinet meeting<\/a>\u00a0at the White House.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom: 66.6%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don&#8217;t want them in our country,&#8221; the president also said. &#8220;Let them go back to where they came from and fix it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">He also said of Omar and &#8220;her friends&#8221;: &#8220;These aren&#8217;t people who work. These aren&#8217;t people who say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s go, come on, let&#8217;s make this place great.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">After his remarks, the Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement operation targeting undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, according to<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/02\/us\/politics\/ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paul.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em>, which said it had obtained documents about the operation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Minnesota Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tim-walz-8691189\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Tim Walz<\/a> denounced the Trump administration&#8217;s plans in a Dec. 2 social media post. &#8220;We welcome support in investigating and prosecuting crime,&#8221; he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/1995922811299180942\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">said<\/a>\u00a0on X. &#8220;But pulling a PR stunt and indiscriminately targeting immigrants is not a real solution to a problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rep. 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