A Minnesota state senator who ran for mayor of Minneapolis is now openly coaching Somali community members on how to avoid ICE — and he is not hiding it.
Omar Fateh, 35, the son of Somali immigrants and a two-term Minnesota state senator, made headlines during Operation Metro Surge when he began posting on social media warning Somali residents about ICE presence and stating that his neighbors were “terrified to leave their homes.” Fateh publicly declared Cedar Riverside — a predominantly Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis — a place where federal law enforcement was not welcome, posting: “Cedar Strong. White supremacists aren’t welcome here. We protect our own.” He lost his 2025 bid for Minneapolis mayor to incumbent Jacob Frey. Federal prosecutors have separately noted a largely Somali fraud scandal in which more than $9 billion was stolen from programs designed for needy children and senior citizens. 
The tension in Minneapolis is real and it runs deep. Thousands of Somali Americans are U.S. citizens and legal residents who have built lives, businesses, and families in Minnesota over decades. ICE’s operations have touched legal and illegal residents alike — and fear inside immigrant communities, regardless of legal status, is documented and widespread.
But a sitting state senator publicly coaching residents to evade federal law enforcement is something else entirely. That is not advocacy. That is obstruction — and calling it anything else does not make it so.
“Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.” — Romans 13:1
Elected officials take an oath to uphold the law. That oath does not come with an exception clause for political convenience.
What do you think — should elected officials who openly help people avoid federal law enforcement face consequences? #truth #america #usa
