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Ocelot II

(129,352 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:27 AM 5 hrs ago

This native-born US citizen was kidnapped by ICE and held for two days

for no reason other than her Somali heritage. She was on her way to pick up medication for her seizure disorder when they abducted her, inflicting cuts and bruises on her face.

Nasra Ahmed, a St. Paul woman and U.S. citizen who was born in Minnesota, was released to her family without charges on Friday night after being detained by federal immigration enforcement agents and spending more than two days in detention.

“She went home traumatized, not eating, not talking, pissed off,” said state Rep. Samakab Hussein, DFL-St. Paul, who helped her family locate her in federal detention at the Sherburne County Jail and Fort Snelling. “She feels that she got kidnapped. The law is not protecting her. She was humiliated.”

Ahmed, 23, was forced into a car by two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as she was leaving her apartment complex on Lower Afton Road around 11 a.m. Wednesday, an encounter that was captured on video by neighbors who attempted to advocate on her behalf.

Ahmed was born in Hennepin County and raised in St. Paul, and suffers from seizures, according to her family. She had been on her way to pick up prescription medication when the detention occurred. A review of Minnesota court records shows no documented criminal history.


https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/17/st-paul-woman-u-s-citizen-released-from-ice-detention-after-two-days/?share=0iaes1aw7cni1d2ttc1s
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This native-born US citizen was kidnapped by ICE and held for two days (Original Post) Ocelot II 5 hrs ago OP
There has to be a legal remedy for this, right? sop 5 hrs ago #1
Hypothetically yes; realistically no. Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #2
" A review of Minnesota court records shows no documented criminal history." Botany 5 hrs ago #3
Kick dalton99a 4 hrs ago #4

Ocelot II

(129,352 posts)
2. Hypothetically yes; realistically no.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:33 AM
5 hrs ago

Who's going to enforce it? The DoJ's civil rights division has been effectively shut down; they are now concentrating entirely on alleged civil rights violations against straight white Christian men.

Botany

(76,477 posts)
3. " A review of Minnesota court records shows no documented criminal history."
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:34 AM
5 hrs ago

The vast majority of those picked up by ICE have no criminal records. Governor “Noem on the Range”
is lying about these thug parties being law enforcement operations.

Long live the M.P.L aka. The Minnesota People’s Liberation Army. They are the real hero’s and patriots.

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