Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said that her U.S.-born son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota on Dec. 13. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"I had to remind him just how worried I am because all of these areas they’re talking about are areas where he can possibly find himself in and they are racially profiling," she said, adding that ICE is "looking for young men who look Somali."
Minnesota Gov. Walz reacted to the incident on X, writing that Omar's son was pulled over even though he was following the law.
"This isn’t a targeted operation to find violent criminals, it’s racial profiling," he wrote.
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ICE announced on Dec. 12 that it has arrested more than 400 illegal immigrants as part of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images / (Photo by Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images))
"When they come from hell, and they complain and do nothing but bit** — we don't want them in our country. Let 'em go back to where they came from and fix it," Trump said.
Last week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wrote a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem asking her to "reassess" her enforcement strategy, stating that multiple U.S. citizens have been arrested by ICE agents across the state.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said her son was pulled over by ICE on Dec. 13. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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