Congressmember Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) says her son was pulled over by ICE

Kevin R. Johnson

15 Dec 2025 — 1 min read

CBS News and other media outlets report that Democratic Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar said U.S. immigration officers stopped her son this weekend and asked him to show his U.S. citizenship. The Trump administration has targeted Somalis in Minnesota for immigration enforcement operations.

"Yesterday, after [Omar's son] made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go," Omar said in an interview.

As the Daily Beast reported, Omar before the incident had wrote a letter to the Department of Homeland Security accusing ICE of “blatant racial profiling” in her community.

Congresswoman Omar has been critical of President Trump. President Trump has been critical of her and called her "garbage."

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