Rep. Ilhan Omar invites constituents ‘traumatized’ by Minnesota ICE raids to State of the Union 2026

Rep. Ilhan Omar invited four guests from Minnesota to President Trump’s State of Union address to spotlight the ICE raids on her home state.

Perhaps most famous among them is Bangladeshi-American software engineer Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of her vehicle on Jan. 13 while driving to a doctor’s appointment.

Omar has also invited Chair of the Columbia Heights School Board Mary Granlund, 20-year-old Mubashir Hussen, the son of workers’ rights organizer Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. AP

“We won’t let the nation forget the terror Donald Trump unleashed on Minnesota,” the far left “Squad” lawmaker wrote on X, as she introduced her guests.

Omar said her invited constituents have stories to share of “how ICE continues to traumatize our state.”

“‘Operation Metro Surge’ may have ended, but ICE’s terrorization of our community continues,” the congresswoman claimed. 

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Trump’s border czar Tom Homan announced the end of the administration’s two-month-old immigration enforcement surge across Minnesota earlier this month, declaring the operation a success.

Homan noted that a small footprint of federal agents would remain in the state for “a little longer.”

The administration ordered the Minnesota surge late last year in response to a massive welfare fraud scandal that drew national attention, much of it focused on the Somali diaspora in the Twin Cities.

Omar is the first and only Somali-American in Congress.