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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has dramatically escalated her opposition to the Trump administration’s domestic immigration strategy, labeling the city of Minneapolis as being "under occupation" by federal forces. In a series of defiant remarks to constituents and national media, Omar called for the immediate resignation or impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The "Occupation" NarrativeOmar’s critique centers on Operation Metro Surge, a federal initiative aimed at apprehending illegal immigrants with criminal convictions. However, Omar argues the operation has devolved into a "paramilitary" occupation that has paralyzed daily life.
School Impact: Omar claimed that in some local schools, two-thirds of students are too afraid to attend due to the presence of federal agents.Hospital Safety: She further alleged that residents are avoiding medical care because "occupying paramilitary forces" have been spotted at local hospitals."We do not exaggerate when we say our city is currently under occupation," Omar told a crowd in Minneapolis on Monday.
She specifically targeted Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser, calling him the "architect of the terror" and comparing his policies to those of historical fascist regimes.Fatalities and Body CamerasThe tension follows two high-profile deaths during federal operations: Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Both individuals were reportedly killed while interfering with ICE enforcement actions.Pretti Incident: Occurred on January 24. While some CBP officers were equipped with body cameras, the full footage has yet to be released.Good Incident: Details remain scarce on whether ICE officers were wearing cameras at the time of the fatal encounter.In response to the mounting political pressure from leaders like Omar and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Secretary Noem announced an immediate mandate for all federal immigration officers in Minneapolis to wear body-worn cameras.
Governor Tim Walz welcomed the move but noted it came "too late" for those already lost.[Image: Map of Minneapolis showing "Operation Metro Surge" activity zones and protest flashpoints]A Widening Political GapThe conflict in Minneapolis has become a focal point in the broader battle over Department of Homeland Security funding.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has signaled that Democrats will demand additional conditions on immigration enforcement before approving long-term DHS appropriations. As the Saturday morning shutdown looms, the rhetoric from Minneapolis suggests that the gap between the White House and Congressional Democrats is widening into a chasm.
House Passes Massive Defense Bill, Senate Next
The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, sending the yearly Pentagon spending bill to the Senate. The vote was 312 to 112, with 18 Republicans and 94 Democrats voting “no” on the measure that authorizes $901 billion in War Department spending.
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An earlier procedural vote barely passed 215 to 211 at the last moment after four Republicans, Reps. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, changed their votes from no to yes, Fox News reported.
All Democrats voted no on the procedural rule vote.
House and Senate leaders already merged their own versions of the measure into a negotiated package, meaning it is expected to move smoothly through the Senate to President Donald Trump’s desk.
Hardline conservatives opposed the bill over the inclusion of Ukraine funding at $400 million per year for two years and the omission of a provision that would ban the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency.
Conservatives advanced the CBDC prohibition as a privacy and civil liberties measure, arguing that a government-issued digital dollar could allow federal agencies to monitor or restrict individual transactions.
Other provisions in the bill restrict Trump from reducing troop levels in Europe and South Korea or from pausing weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
The legislation would also withhold one quarter of War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon produces raw footage of the strikes on alleged narco-trafficking boats near Venezuela.
Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted provisions that increase enlisted troop pay by 4 percent, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, crack down on antisemitism, eliminate $20 billion in obsolete programs and Pentagon bureaucracy, and implement measures targeting China.
The bill includes a non defense provision championed by conservative privacy advocates, including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, that requires FBI disclosure when the bureau is investigating presidential candidates or other federal candidates.
Coverage of in vitro fertilization for military families, which had become a point of contention in recent days, is not included in the final NDAA.
Nor is there a provision that would preempt states from regulating artificial intelligence.
One major section of the bill creates an outbound investment screening system that requires U.S. companies and investors to notify the Treasury Department when backing certain high-risk technologies in China or in other countries of concern.
The Treasury Department would have the power to block those deals or require annual reporting to Congress.
Another section bans the Pentagon from contracting with Chinese genetic sequencing and biotechnology companies and from buying advanced batteries, photovoltaic components, computer displays, and critical minerals originating from foreign entities of concern, such as China.The bill directs the State Department to deploy Regional China Officers to U.S. diplomatic posts worldwide to monitor Chinese commercial, technological, and infrastructure activities, including Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.
It also requires biennial reports comparing China’s global diplomatic presence with that of the United States.
The bill repeals two inactive war authorizations from 1992 and 2002 relating to earlier phases of U.S. military involvement in Iraq while leaving the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force in place.
Ilhan Omar Challenger Alleges Ties To Growing Minn. Fraud Scandal
Republican challenger John Nagel is accusing Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of being deeply tied to the $1 billion Feeding Our Future fraud scandal centered in her Minneapolis-based congressional district. Nagel, who is running against Omar in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, alleged that legislation introduced by Omar helped create the conditions that allowed the fraud to occur.
“Where did this actually start?” Nagel said, Townhall reported. “She passed legislation. Her legislation actually started it, and it allowed people to get into Feeding Our Future.”
Nagel pointed to the geographic concentration of the fraud.
“If you look at where the fraud is, it’s primarily her district, the district that I’m running in against her,” he said. “And it’s really odd to think that all the fraud just happened in a particular area.”
Omar introduced the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act, known as the MEALS Act, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill allowed states to provide free meals to children during school closures through alternative methods such as grab-and-go distribution and eased eligibility requirements.
The legislation was passed by Congress with bipartisan support.
Nagel alleged that individuals within Omar’s political orbit financially benefited from the fraud scheme.
He said Omar held campaign events at Safari Restaurant, a business linked to the scandal, had personal familiarity with one of its now-convicted owners, and employed a staffer who was later convicted in connection with the case.
“If you’re going to be in politics, you need to go through the people at the Safari Land restaurant,” Nagel said. “They kind of control the politics. That was her hangout. That’s where she spent money and got donations.”
Nagel said multiple individuals convicted in the case donated money to Omar’s campaign.
“Omar says that she gave the money back,” he said. “Public records show she gave some money back, but there’s a whole lot more money there that she didn’t report.”
“There’s just too much circumstantial evidence to look at this and say she had to have known something,” Nagel added. “Or at least someone on her staff knew something.”
Nagel criticized Omar’s public response to the scandal, accusing her of deflecting scrutiny.
“She made statements about how terrible it is to steal food from children,” Nagel said. “That’s a nice thing to say, but you have way too many people you’re associated with who actually did that.”
Omar said last week that the fraud stemmed from weaknesses in emergency pandemic programs.
“When you have these kinds of new programs that are designed to help people, you’re oftentimes relying on third parties to facilitate,” Omar said. “A lot of the COVID programs were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created.”
Nagel said the solution is a change in leadership.
“We get rid of Ilhan Omar, and we put people in Minnesota who actually want to do the right thing,” he said. “You’re going to have to entirely root out the Democratic Party and anyone who’s been letting things slide.”
Omar has not been charged or accused of wrongdoing by law enforcement, and no criminal case has been brought against her in connection with the fraud investigation.
President Donald Trump this month ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as “garbage” and said Somalis should “go back to where they came from.”
“I don’t want them in our country. I’ll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason,” he said.
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“Their country stinks, and we don’t want them in our country,” Trump said of the historically failed nation.
“With Somalia, which is barely a country, you know, they have no, they have no anything. They just run around killing each other. There’s no structure,” the president added.
