{"id":26560,"date":"2025-12-11T15:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=26560"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:43:37","slug":"ice-launches-armed-raids-across-minnesota-targeting-illegal-somali-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=26560","title":{"rendered":"ICE Launches Armed Raids Across Minnesota Targeting Illegal Somali Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Federal immigration agents have launched a series of armed raids across Minnesota aimed at detaining Somali nationals wanted on federal warrants, sparking political backlash and confusion in the Twin Cities region known locally as \u201cSomali-land Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to The Post Millennial\u2019s Katie Daviscourt, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began the operation over the weekend, deploying roughly 100 federal agents from across the country to execute immigration warrants against Somali nationals with prior deportation orders or criminal convictions. Sources told the outlet several arrests have already been made.<\/p>\n

One male suspect allegedly assaulted officers before being taken into custody. A previously deported woman fled into a residence before she and \u201cseveral collateral arrests\u201d were made, according to Daviscourt\u2019s report, which included exclusive video of the raids.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O\u2019Hara confirmed that masked individuals seen detaining residents in Somali neighborhoods were federal officers but warned that the department had not been briefed on the operation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf there is anything that is a violation of someone\u2019s human rights or civil rights, excessive force or anything like that, officers have a duty to intervene,\u201d O\u2019Hara said, urging residents to call 911 if they encounter unidentified law enforcement activity.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the operation, reiterating that city policy bars Minneapolis police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities on civil enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not and will not participate in ICE raids,\u201d Frey said at a news conference, calling the actions \u201cdeeply concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The raids come amid an ongoing political firestorm in Minnesota\u2019s Somali community after revelations of a $250 million COVID-relief fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say siphoned taxpayer funds from a program meant to feed low-income children. Federal investigators allege that portions of the stolen money were funneled overseas and may have reached al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based al-Qaeda affiliate.<\/p>\n

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In a recent interview on CBS\u2019s Face the Nation, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar\u00a0suggested\u00a0that members of the Somali community were the real victims. \u201cWe are also taxpayers in Minnesota,\u201d Omar said, expressing frustration that her constituents were being portrayed as perpetrators rather than victims. When pressed by host Margaret Brennan about the reported terror-funding link, Omar responded, \u201cIf that is the case, we want to know, and we want those people prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n