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Maya Yang

Ilhan Omar questions whether Trump administration has used ICE to ‘surveil’ critics

Rep Ilhan Omar in a patterned headscarf stands before American flags at a news conference
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar attends a news conference on accountability for the Department of Homeland Security in January. Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s administration is facing questions over whether it is using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “surveil political opponents” after after an investigative agent was apparently stationed outside Democratic representative Ilhan Omar’s monthly town hall meeting in Richfield, Minnesota.

After the incident, Omar demanded the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clarify whether Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents have been used to monitor “any other activity” involving “local, state, or federal officials” in the state.

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