Somali illegal with fraud convictions linked to top Minnesota Democrats, arrested

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Somali unlawful immigrant convicted of fraud and linked to a number of distinguished Minnesota politicians, together with Gov. Tim Walz, the previous Democratic vice presidential nominee.

The unlawful alien, Abdul Dahir Ibrahim from Somalia, has had a deportation order issued since 2004 and the courts have rejected all his appeals.

Ibrahim has a prison historical past, together with convictions in Canada for asylum and welfare fraud earlier than getting into the US, based on a Justice Division doc reviewed by Fox Information Digital.

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On January 23, 2002, Ibrahim was additionally convicted in Dakota County District Courtroom of offering false info to police and driving with out a legitimate driver’s license. He was fined and positioned on probation for one yr. Ibrahim has additionally obtained twelve site visitors or parking fines within the US

Ibrahim is single however at one level claimed that his sister was his spouse and that her youngsters had been theirs, a declare that later turned out to be fictitious, the doc exhibits.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Somali unlawful immigrant Abdul Dahir Ibrahim, convicted of fraud and linked to a number of high-profile Minnesota politicians, together with former Democratic vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz. (ICE)

In accordance with ICE, Ibrahim entered the US in New York in 1995 after his deportation from Canada.

On April 3, 2004, an immigration decide ordered Ibrahim eliminated. Within the ruling, the decide emphasised the numerous quantity of fraud concerned. His attraction was rejected and in 2006 a court docket upheld the immigration court docket’s determination.

Regardless of this, Ibrahim was granted non permanent safety standing (TPS) for about ten years. He has a pending TPS utility that has nonetheless not been assessed as of 2023.

Ibrahim has been photographed with a number of high-profile politicians in Minnesota, together with Walz; Group member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Democratic Minneapolis Metropolis Council member Jamal Osman; and State Senator Omar Fateh, who was unsuccessful in his latest mayoral race in Minneapolis.

Ibrahim has been photographed with Walz at the least twice.

Osman and Fateh each wrote letters of advice on Ibrahim’s behalf throughout his immigration proceedings.

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Ibrahim is photographed with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, proper. (ICE)

President Donald Trump just lately introduced a collection of recent actions to crack down on and examine fraud schemes in Minnesota, which he has attacked as a “middle of cash laundering exercise” and cited as the idea for his determination to finish deportation protections for a whole bunch of Somali migrants.

Senior Trump administration officers introduced new investigations this week, together with a brand new Treasury Division investigation into how taxpayer cash was allegedly diverted to the terrorist group Al-Shabaab, Secretary Scott Bessent stated.

Final month, Trump cited fraud as a driver for his determination to finish the non permanent protected standing of 1000’s of Somali migrants dwelling in Minnesota. In a Reality Social publish, he stated they need to “return to the place they got here from.”

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Somali unlawful alien Abdul Dahir Ibrahim pictured with Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (left) and Senator Omar Fateh, a latest candidate for Democratic mayor of Minneapolis (third from proper) and Democratic Minneapolis Metropolis Council member Jamal Osman (far proper). (ICE)

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Metropolis officers in Minneapolis are bracing for an inflow of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers after the company introduced plans for a brand new operation within the state.

Walz, who ran towards Trump in 2024 as former Vice President Kamala Harris’ operating mate, has criticized Trump’s rhetoric about Minnesota’s Somali neighborhood, saying that “Donald Trump’s hateful phrases haven’t any validity in Minnesota” and “demonizing a whole group of individuals based mostly solely on their race and ethnicity … is one thing I hoped we’d by no means must see.”

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He referred to as Minnesota’s Somali neighborhood a “group of people that contribute to the vitality and financial tradition of this state.”

Fox Information Digital reached out to Walz, Omar, Fateh and Osman for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.

Fox Information Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.