Ilhan Omar went on local television and told a harrowing tale of her son being pulled over by ICE agents after a Target run. Tim Walz jumped in, calling it “racial profiling.”
There’s just one problem: ICE says it never happened.
Officials told Newsmax they have “no record” of any traffic stop involving Omar’s son. The congresswoman’s dramatic story appears to be exactly what it looked like from the start — political theater designed to demonize law enforcement.
One might even say the incident was… undocumented.
The Story That Fell Apart Immediately
Here’s what Omar claimed during her interview with WCCO on Sunday.
She said she had warned her son to avoid certain areas as ICE operations intensified in Minnesota. Despite her warnings, he went to Target anyway. And then — allegedly — the nightmare scenario unfolded.
“Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by ICE agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go,” Omar said.
It’s a perfect victimhood narrative. A young man of Somali descent, targeted for his appearance, forced to prove his citizenship at a traffic stop. The kind of story that makes national news and fuels outrage.
Except ICE has no record of it.
Governor Walz Jumped In — Without Checking the Facts
Tim Walz, never one to let facts interfere with a good narrative, immediately amplified Omar’s claim.
“This isn’t a targeted operation to find violent criminals, it’s racial profiling,” he posted.
No investigation. No verification. Just instant condemnation of law enforcement based on nothing but Ilhan Omar’s word.
And here’s the thing Walz conveniently omitted: Reports indicate Omar’s son was actually pulled over for a traffic violation. You know — breaking the law. Which is, by definition, not “following the law” as Walz claimed.
So we have a traffic stop for a traffic violation being repackaged as “racial profiling” by ICE agents who apparently don’t exist.
ICE Acting Director Calls It “Ridiculous”
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons didn’t mince words.
He described Omar’s accusations as a “ridiculous effort to unfairly demonize our law enforcement officers.”
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin shared the debunking, making clear the administration isn’t letting this false narrative stand.
This is how it should work. When politicians lie about law enforcement, law enforcement should push back immediately and forcefully. The days of letting accusations go unchallenged are over.
Why Would Omar Make This Up?
Consider the context.
Omar is under intense scrutiny right now. The multi-billion-dollar welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota — allegedly perpetrated by members of the Somali community she represents and advocates for — is exploding nationally.
Elon Musk called her statements “treason” after a video surfaced of her promising Somali constituents that the U.S. government would “do what we ask.” President Trump suggested she “go back and fix her own country.”
She needed a distraction. She needed to be the victim. She needed a story that would shift the narrative from fraud investigations to immigration enforcement overreach.
So she told one. And got caught.
The Pattern of Unverified Claims
This isn’t the first time Omar has made dramatic accusations that don’t hold up.
She’s built a career on grievance politics. Every criticism is Islamophobia. Every investigation is persecution. Every enforcement action is racism.
The media typically amplifies these claims uncritically. Omar says it, it becomes news, and by the time the facts emerge, the narrative has already been set.
This time, ICE responded fast enough to kill the story before it spread. Newsmax’s James Rosen did the basic journalism that others should have done — he checked with the agency being accused.
No record. Never happened. Story over.
Walz Vouched for a Story That Wasn’t True
Tim Walz’s involvement here deserves attention.
A sitting governor publicly accused federal law enforcement of racial profiling based entirely on one congresswoman’s unverified claim. He didn’t ask ICE for comment. He didn’t wait for facts. He just fired off the accusation.
This is the same Tim Walz who “overlooked” a billion dollars in welfare fraud happening under his watch. The same Tim Walz who ignored whistleblowers warning about the schemes. The same Tim Walz who stood by while Minnesota became ground zero for the largest welfare heist in American history.
And now he’s vouching for Ilhan Omar’s fabricated traffic stop story.
These two deserve each other.
“Ridiculous Effort to Unfairly Demonize Our Law Enforcement Officers”
That quote from Acting Director Lyons should be repeated every time a politician lies about ICE.
Law enforcement officers are putting themselves at risk every day to remove criminal aliens from American communities. They’re being attacked, demonized, and obstructed by politicians who care more about illegal immigrants than American citizens.
And now they have to deal with congresswomen making up stories about racial profiling that never happened.
The men and women of ICE deserve better. They deserve leaders who tell the truth and politicians who don’t fabricate incidents to score political points.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Omar will make more accusations. She’ll claim more victimhood. She’ll tell more stories designed to paint law enforcement as racist oppressors.
And fewer people will believe her each time.
When you’re caught fabricating an ICE traffic stop, your credibility takes a hit. When the governor who vouches for you is already tainted by a fraud scandal, the hit is even harder.
Omar wanted this story to go viral. Instead, the debunking is going viral.
She wanted sympathy. She got scrutiny.
She wanted to demonize ICE. She demonstrated why her word can’t be trusted.
The Real Story in Minnesota
Here’s what Omar doesn’t want people talking about.
Over a billion dollars in welfare fraud. Dozens of people charged. FBI investigating juror bribery. Stephen Miller promising to expose state-level complicity. 75 percent of Minnesota’s Somali community on welfare.
That’s the real story. That’s what matters.
A fabricated traffic stop at Target? That’s just a desperate attempt to change the subject.
ICE isn’t buying it. Neither should anyone else.