One ICE official said the timing of the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home was “politically motivated.”

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Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”

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One ICE official said the timing of the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home was “politically motivated.”
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Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?

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Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
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Mother Sues ICE Contractor for Jailing Her and Her Baby in a Hotel Room

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The lawsuit alleges that the contractor MVM Inc. and the hotel chain Sonesta detained the family for profit.
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DHS Was Designed as a Weapon

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Rep. Delia Ramirez and writers Rozina Ali and Will Sommer discuss the ICE raid on Ilhan Omar and the years of “counterterror” surveillance that paved the way for the Trump administration’s abuses.
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