Ilhan Omar questions whether Trump administration has used ICE to ‘surveil’ critics

Congresswoman demands answers after a DHS agent was apparently stationed outside her Minnesota town hall Donald Trump’s administration is facing questions over whether it is using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “surveil political opponents” after after an investigative agent was apparently stationed outside Democratic representative Ilhan Omar’s monthly town hall meeting in Richfield, Minnesota. After the incident, Omar demanded the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clarify whether Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents have been used to monitor “any other activity” involving “local, state, or federal officials” in the state. Continue reading...

Maya Yang · Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 3:28 PM
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Ilhan Omar questions whether Trump administration has used ICE to ‘surveil’ critics

Congresswoman demands answers after a DHS agent was apparently stationed outside her Minnesota town hall

Donald Trump’s administration is facing questions over whether it is using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “surveil political opponents” after after an investigative agent was apparently stationed outside Democratic representative Ilhan Omar’s monthly town hall meeting in Richfield, Minnesota.

After the incident, Omar demanded the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clarify whether Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents have been used to monitor “any other activity” involving “local, state, or federal officials” in the state.

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