Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was “roaming the streets, harassing and terrorizing” the people of her district.
Host Chris Hayes said, “Congresswoman, first, let me just ask about how your district is doing and what you have been hearing from the people you represent in that district over the last several days?”
Omar said, “The district really is on edge. People are angry. People are frustrated. They’re confused. They don’t understand why this chaos, is is necessary. And they certainly, do not want this level of militarized ICE and border agents just roaming the streets, harassing and terrorizing their neighbors.”
Hayes said, “How much do you feel like this animus towards you, towards Somali Americans? Is is driving this entire now deadly spectacle?”
Omar said, “I do think that he has, you know, a target on the backs of of Somalis. Unfortunately, when they came into Minneapolis, they didn’t, they didn’t find what they thought that they would find. What they found was a community, that is probably 99%, legally in this country, many of them who are citizens. Nearly 60% of them born in the United States. And so because they can’t fulfill this promise that they made, that they were going to round up Somalis, they’re basically now just harassing everyone else in, in, in that anger of not being able to do what they wanted to do.”
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