Left-Wing Activist Detained by ICE to Attend State of the Union with Ilhan Omar

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Left: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) speaks in Minneapolis, Minn., August 13, 2024. Right: Aliya Rahman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 3, 2026.

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Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) will be bringing two individuals to President Trumpโ€™s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening who she says were wrongfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. One of her guests, Aliya Rahman, is a career left-wing activist who was detained by ICE after refusing to move her car during an enforcement operation.

Omar says the experiences of those two people, and her other two guests, โ€œreflect how ICEโ€™s reckless actions in Minnesota through โ€˜Operation Metro Surgeโ€™ have devastated Minnesotansโ€™ safety and economic security.โ€

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