ICE Launches Armed Raids Across Minnesota Targeting Illegal Somali Nationals

Federal immigration agents have launched a series of armed raids across Minnesota aimed at detaining Somali nationals wanted on federal warrants, sparking political backlash and confusion in the Twin Cities region known locally as “Somali-land Minnesota.”

According to The Post Millennial’s Katie Daviscourt, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began the operation over the weekend, deploying roughly 100 federal agents from across the country to execute immigration warrants against Somali nationals with prior deportation orders or criminal convictions. Sources told the outlet several arrests have already been made.

One male suspect allegedly assaulted officers before being taken into custody. A previously deported woman fled into a residence before she and “several collateral arrests” were made, according to Daviscourt’s report, which included exclusive video of the raids.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed that masked individuals seen detaining residents in Somali neighborhoods were federal officers but warned that the department had not been briefed on the operation.

“If there is anything that is a violation of someone’s human rights or civil rights, excessive force or anything like that, officers have a duty to intervene,” O’Hara said, urging residents to call 911 if they encounter unidentified law enforcement activity.

Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the operation, reiterating that city policy bars Minneapolis police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities on civil enforcement.

“We do not and will not participate in ICE raids,” Frey said at a news conference, calling the actions “deeply concerning.”

The raids come amid an ongoing political firestorm in Minnesota’s Somali community after revelations of a $250 million COVID-relief fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say siphoned taxpayer funds from a program meant to feed low-income children. Federal investigators allege that portions of the stolen money were funneled overseas and may have reached al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based al-Qaeda affiliate.

In a recent interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar suggested that members of the Somali community were the real victims. “We are also taxpayers in Minnesota,” Omar said, expressing frustration that her constituents were being portrayed as perpetrators rather than victims. When pressed by host Margaret Brennan about the reported terror-funding link, Omar responded, “If that is the case, we want to know, and we want those people prosecuted.”

Adding to the tension, congressional financial disclosures show Omar’s net worth surged nearly 3,500 percent last year — from roughly $51,000 to as much as $30 million — largely through her husband Tim Mynett’s investments in a California winery and a Washington, D.C. venture-capital firm.

Omar has denied the reports, calling them “a coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign.” But critics say the disclosure spike raises new ethics questions for the congresswoman just as her district becomes the focal point of federal immigration enforcement.

ICE has not commented publicly on the ongoing operation, citing the active nature of the warrants. A senior homeland-security official told Fox News that the raids are focused on “individuals with final removal orders and prior criminal histories,” adding that “Minnesota has one of the highest concentrations of deportation-eligible Somali nationals in the country.”

Federal officials emphasized that the enforcement effort is unrelated to the state’s pandemic-fraud investigations but said overlapping criminal networks have made coordination with financial-crimes and counterterrorism units “a matter of necessity.”

Local activists and Democratic officials, meanwhile, are framing the raids as political intimidation. “These kinds of actions terrorize families who have lived here for decades,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

As tensions mount, the Department of Homeland Security has reportedly ordered an internal review of communications breakdowns between ICE and local law enforcement, while Republican lawmakers are applauding the crackdown as long overdue.

“President Trump promised to restore the rule of law,” said Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN). “If individuals here illegally are defrauding taxpayers and funneling money to terrorists, the federal government has every obligation to act.”

The raids are expected to continue through the week

Full Story : The Truth About the Axe in the Funeral Home

The funeral home was too beautiful for the terror hiding inside it.

Cream-colored walls glowed beneath soft lights. White flowers surrounded the glossy white coffin like a cloud. Gold handles shone along its sides, and a large floral arrangement rested neatly on the lid, as if beauty could make death easier to accept.

Around the coffin, mourners stood in black formal clothes, silent and stiff, their eyes lowered in practiced grief.

At the front of the room stood the widow.

Margaret Vale wore a black funeral dress, pearl earrings, and a mourning veil that softened her sharp face but could not hide the tension in her mouth. Her hands were folded neatly in front of her, but her fingers kept tightening against each other.

Behind her stood a male mourner in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie. His face was pale, his posture uncertain, as if he was waiting for something to go wrong.

Then the doors burst open.

A woman in an orange work uniform stepped into the room.

Her name was Claire Mason.

Her messy light brown hair was tied back. Her pale face looked exhausted, as if she had not slept in days. A white apron hung over her uniform, stained faintly from work. In both hands, she gripped a wood-handled axe.

Gasps moved through the guests.

Margaret turned sharply beneath her veil.

“No,” she whispered.

Claire walked straight toward the coffin.

A few mourners stepped back. Someone dropped a program onto the polished floor. The male mourner behind Margaret moved forward, but he stopped when he saw Claire’s face.

She was not confused.

She was not hysterical.

She looked shattered, but certain.

Margaret’s voice rose in panic. “Stop her!”

Claire lifted the axe above her head.

“Open it!”

The blade came down hard onto the glossy white coffin lid.

The impact cracked through the room like thunder.

The white flower arrangement shook violently. A golden handle rattled. A jagged line split across the polished surface of the lid. Several guests cried out and stumbled backward.

Claire stood over the coffin, breathing hard, both hands still locked around the axe handle.

Margaret clutched her chest.

The male mourner stared in disbelief.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

Claire slowly looked up at him.

Her eyes were wet, but they did not break.

“What they buried,” she said, “isn’t the truth.”