(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Minnesota AFL-CIO and House Democratic Leaders are slamming one of the more-brazen pre-Election acts of the Republican President Donald Trump’s regime, a pre-dawn Homeland Security Department raid on the Washington, D.C. home of outspoken U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Agents banged on Omar’s door at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. on October 12th, yelling: “Open the door! Open the door!”

Neighbors, awakened by the racket, later saw Agents cart away boxes of possessions from Omar’s home. 

One Agent told a reporter they were carrying out a judicial warrant.

The New York Times later reported the warrant alleged irregularities in the Omar Family’s Immigration papers. 

Omar, who represents Minneapolis and a few suburbs, is campaigning for a fifth, two-year U.S. House term in the Deep-Blue area.

She was defiant, outraged and called the accusations lies. 

“I will not be silenced,” Omar tweeted on the Social Media Platform X. “I’m OK. Make no mistake: This is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize Federal Law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.”

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham and House Democratic Leaders leaped to Omar’s defense.

They all blasted Trump’s political motives and Burnham termed the raid an attack on all Minnesotans as well.

“Minnesota’s Labor Movement stands with Congresswoman Omar,” Burnham said. “She is a former Union Member and we believe ‘an injury to one is an injury to all.’ If Donald Trump can do this to her, he can do it to any other American citizen. Disagreeing with a person’s political view is a sign of a healthy Democracy, but abusing our Federal Government’s resources to attack a political opponent goes against everything our Nation and Constitution stands for. It’s no coincidence this latest action, coupled with the President’s recent calls for violence against the Somali-American community (which the Minnesota State AFL-CIO denounced on October 9th) comes just three weeks before an election his party is expected to lose. This is a desperate attempt to sow division and hate - and Minnesotans won’t fall for it.”

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