{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ilhan-omar-leads-members-congress-demanding-answers-ices-racial-profiling", "Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Members of Congress in Demanding Answers on ICE\u2019s Racial Profiling Operation in Minnesota and Trump Administration\u2019s Threat to End TPS for Somali Nationals", "2025-12-12", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Ilhan Omar", "O000173", "omar.house.gov", "omar", "https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05) announced two formal congressional inquiries into the Trump Administration\u2019s escalating attacks on Somali communities in Minnesota and across the country.\n\nIn a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Rep. Omar demanded immediate answers regarding Operation Metro Surge, an ICE deployment to the Twin Cities that has resulted in widespread racial profiling, unlawful arrests of U.S. citizens, excessive force, and violations of constitutional rights.\n\nRep. Omar\u2019s letter cites multiple documented incidents in which ICE agents detained people who had identified themselves as U.S. citizens, mocked a woman for wearing a hijab, used pepper spray on bystanders, and refused to provide warrants while carrying out arrests near homes, schools, and a university campus. The New York Times also reported that approximately 100 ICE agents were deployed to Minnesota, at significant taxpayer expense.\n\nIn a second letter sent to Secretary Noem, Rep. Omar led Members of Congress in demanding a full explanation of the administration\u2019s threat to abruptly terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali nationals in the United States.\n\nEarlier this month, President Trump publicly claimed he would end TPS for Somalis \u201ceffective immediately,\u201d and DHS officials echoed these statements despite a longstanding federal law governing TPS designations. Somalia has been designated for TPS since 1991 due to ongoing humanitarian crises. Ending TPS would put lives at risk and tear apart families who have lived, worked, and contributed to our communities for decades.\n\nThe letter, co-led by Representatives Adam Smith(WA-09), Joyce Beatty(OH-03), Betty McCollum (MN-04), Angie Craig (MN-02), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Jared Golden (ME-02), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01), requests detailed explanations of the legal basis for terminating TPS, the administration\u2019s assessment of current conditions in Somalia, consultations with humanitarian experts, and the potential consequences for regional stability.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ilhan-omar-leads-members-congress-demanding-answers-ices-racial-profiling"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.701786044985056, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}