Ilhan Omar claims ICE pulled over her son during ‘racial profiling’ sweep amid Trump’s crackdown in Minnesota

Rep Ilhan Omar D-Minn explained that her U S -born son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE agents in Minnesota on Saturday raising concerns about racial profiling as federal executives ramp up immigration enforcement across the state Omar announced her son was stopped outside a Target store and distributed after showing his passport an encounter that came just days after President Donald Trump defended ICE operations in Minnesota The day before after he made a stop at Target he did get pulled over by ICE agents and once he was able to produce his passport ID they did let him go Omar announced Sunday during an interview on WCCO-TV CBS s Minnesota station Omar stated the station that her son routinely carries his passport because he fears being mistaken for an illegal immigrant FRONTIER CZAR TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AT CNN HOST IN DEFENSE OF ICE TACTICS 'THEY'VE BEEN SHOT AT' I had to remind him just how worried I am because all of these areas they re talking about are areas where he can possibly find himself in and they are racially profiling she declared adding that ICE is looking for young men who look Somali Minnesota Gov Walz reacted to the circumstance on X writing that Omar's son was pulled over even though he was following the law This isn t a targeted operation to find violent criminals it s racial profiling he wrote CONVICTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILD KILLER WHO MURDERED INFANT SON ARRESTED IN TWIN CITIES ICE SWEEPThe Minnesota representative's comments came after ICE released on Friday it has arrested more than illegal immigrants as part of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota including pedophiles rapists and violent thugs President Donald Trump also notified reporters Friday that Omar is very bad for our country The president called Omar and a bloc of Somali settlers in Minnesota garbage during a cabinet meeting earlier this month adding that Somalia is barely a country where they run around killing each other OMAR COMPARES STEPHEN MILLER'S MIGRANT RHETORIC TO NAZI DESCRIPTIONS OF JEWISH PEOPLE When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but b---- we don't want them in our country Let 'em go back to where they came from and fix it Trump disclosed Last week Minnesota Gov Tim Walz wrote a letter to Secretary of Homeland Prevention Kristi Noem asking her to reassess her enforcement strategy stating that multiple U S citizens have been arrested by ICE agents across the state DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN INDICATES TRUMP'S ICE IS 'PRIMARILY GOING AFTER INNOCENT PEOPLE INCLUDING US CITIZENS' Reports indicate that a few citizens were documenting federal activity while others were going about their daily lives he wrote This troubling pattern raised serious questions not only about due process and the rights of U S citizens but also about trust between Minnesota communities and federal leadership he added In response to the letter Department of Homeland Safeguard spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin notified Fox News Digital that Americans who assault and obstruct law enforcement have been arrested she reported Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz and Louis Casiano contributed to this account