ICE denies Omar claim son was stopped, pressed for citizenship proof

The top of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dismissed a viral declare from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that her son was pressured by immigration officers for proof of U.S. citizenship after he stopped at a Minnesota Goal over the weekend.

Omar the Twin Cities affiliate of CBS had told that her son was subjected to a site visitors cease by ICE brokers on Saturday, however was in the end launched with out additional incident after he introduced a U.S. passport or passport card.

Performing ICE Director Todd Lyons walked again the declare on Tuesday, telling Fox Information Digital that the incident by no means occurred.

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ICE Director Todd Lyons; left. Consultant Ilhan Omar, proper. (Suzanne Kreiter/Getty Photos; Tom Williams/Getty Photos)

“ICE has completely no report of any brokers or officers apprehending Congressman Omar’s son,” Lyons mentioned.

“It speaks volumes that Congressman Omar is making this accusation with none proof.”

Lyons referred to as Omar’s feedback to the native newspaper a “ridiculous try” to demonize federal legislation enforcement. He additionally mentioned her rhetoric is contributing to a spike in threats towards ICE personnel, citing a 1,150% enhance in assaults and an 8,000% enhance in loss of life threats.

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Omar, who has three kids, mentioned her son had gone out to run an errand when ICE contacted them.

Omar spokesperson Jacklyn Rogers advised Fox Information Digital that the Democratic lawmaker stands by her account of the state of affairs.

“The congressman’s son and others had been detained by ICE, racially profiled and compelled to show their citizenship with a passport,” Rogers mentioned.

‘ICE has lengthy functioned as a rogue group that can not be reformed. It is no shock that a company recognized for disappearing individuals can also’t preserve its administration so as. ICE now claims it has all of the information, and our workplace would love the chance to evaluation them.”

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Omar additionally responded to President Donald Trump calling her “trash” amid a rising fraud scandal involving Minnesota’s Somali group and officers in St. Paul. Omar mentioned it’s “actually disturbing and creepy that the president of the US is obsessive about you and those that share your ethnicity.”

She additionally rebuked claims Trump made final week at a rally close to Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, that she married her brother to assist receive U.S. citizenship.

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“Everybody is aware of that I got here to the US on the age of 12 and obtained my citizenship on the age of 17,” Omar mentioned.

Omar first entered into a non secular marriage with Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi in 2002 and had two kids earlier than they separated. She then married British citizen Ahmed Nur Mentioned Elmi in 2009, divorced in 2011, reunited with Hirsi in 2012, and – after legally separating from Elmi in 2017 – legally married Hirsi in 2018 till their divorce. according to reports. She is presently married to her long-time political advisor, Timothy Mynett.

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In feedback to the CBS affiliate, Omar additionally criticized the Trump administration for insulting Somalis amid the fraud scandal.

“Right here in the US, we don’t blame a person’s crimes on a complete group. We, as Minnesotans, are additionally outraged that our tax {dollars} have been defrauded,” Omar mentioned, telling the CBS affiliate that she helps any investigation into whether or not Minnesota’s state funds fell into the palms of the East African terrorist group Al-Shabab.

Fox Information Digital’s Michael Sinkiewicz contributed to this report.