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A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
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119-hconres-93·Consistent
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
93/100
What they said
Feb 28, 2026
Rep. Omar opposes President Trump's military action against Iran without congressional authorization. She argues the strikes lack legal justification, clear objectives, and imminent threat, and calls for Congress to invoke the War Powers Resolution to end the operation immediately.
Voted Yea on Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Rep. Omar's statement opposes U.S. military action against Iran without congressional authorization and calls for Congress to vote on the War Powers resolution to end the operation. H.Con.Res. 93 directs removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, permitting only defensive operations, and requires explicit authorization for offensive operations; Omar's recorded yes vote on passage matches that direction on the same specific question.
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Crossing the aisle
Passage votes where Ilhan Omar broke ranks with ≥75% of Democrats. Threshold catches substantively partisan splits; unanimous-ish or close votes are excluded.
Omar, Warren, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Abandon Rollback of Critical Worker Safety Protections
Position: Lawmakers urge OSHA to abandon its proposed rollback of workplace respirator protections, arguing the changes could expose workers to hazardous chemicals and airborne illnesses and eliminate medical evaluation requirements for certain respirator users.
Lawmakers warn that OSHA’s rollback of respirator rules could endanger workers, exposing them to hazardous chemicals and airborne illnesses
“The Labor Department is endangering workers and prioritizing the interests of unscrupulous employers over Americans who work hard to provide for their families.”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led their colleagues, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), alongside 23 U.S. Representatives, in calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to abandon its proposed rollback of workplace respirator protections. In a letter to Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Keeling, the lawmakers warned that the changes could expose workers to dangerous chemicals and airborne hazards, despite objections from labor unions, medical professionals, and industry experts.
“OSHA now seems to be moving rapidly to finalize the removal of critical respiratory protections from more than a dozen OSHA standards. Most OSHA standards take years to move through the same steps these respirator rules have in a matter of months,” wrote the lawmakers.
The proposed rules would weaken requirements for employers to provide effective respirators to workers exposed to hazardous substances, including lead, asbestos, formaldehyde, and inorganic arsenic. The changes would also eliminate medical evaluation requirements for employees who wear certain types of respirators, raising concerns about the risks to workers with underlying health conditions.
“Unions, medical professionals, and industry experts have cautioned you against removing this requirement. In fact, the Advisory Committee for Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), which is statutorily required to provide advice to OSHA on construction-related issues, recommended that you not proceed with this rulemaking,” continued the lawmakers.
National Nurses United also warned that weakened respirator programs could leave health care workers exposed to airborne hazards that cause serious illness, long-term health problems, and death. Labor unions and construction industry groups have also raised concerns about the risks to workers and employers.
“The Labor Department is endangering workers and prioritizing the interests of unscrupulous employers over Americans who work hard to provide for their families,” concluded the lawmakers.
The proposed respirator changes are part of a broader Department of Labor deregulatory effort. Since July 2025, OSHA has proposed more than 60 deregulatory actions, including changes to workplace safety requirements covering general workplace hazards, construction lighting, and safety color codes.
In addition to Omar and Warren, the letter was signed by U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Val Hoyle (D-Ore.), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).
You can read the full letter here.
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Issues:Workers and Economy
Position: The statement condemns a DHS raid on Rep. Omar's home as an abuse of federal law enforcement power used to target political opponents, and asserts that no president should use federal power to intimidate political enemies.
The Office of Congresswoman Omar released the following statement following the DHS raid on her home.
“This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies. For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back. Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies.”
Omar, Garamendi, McGovern Release Statement on Hostilities in Ethiopia
Position: The representatives call for all parties in Ethiopia to recommit to peace negotiations and uphold the 2022 Pretoria Agreement, and urge the U.S. State Department to work toward ending the violence and holding responsible parties accountable.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chair of the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group, Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Ethiopian American Caucus and member of the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group, and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), member of the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group, released the following statement on hostilities in Ethiopia:
“We are deeply alarmed by increasing violence in Ethiopia, including the Ethiopian military strike last week on an aid convoy delivering assistance in Tigray.
"The 2022 Pretoria Agreement that silenced the guns in Northern Ethiopia committed all parties to ceasing hostilities, protecting civilians, allowing humanitarian access to those affected, and undertaking comprehensive transitional justice to hold those responsible for human rights abuses and violations responsible. Unfortunately, this agreement has not been upheld, and these conditions have not been met.
"This increased conflict threatens the entire country and the region as a whole, which is already reeling from the previous war in Northern Ethiopia and the devastating conflict in Sudan. Ordinary civilians are bearing the brunt of this violence.
"We urge all parties in Ethiopia to immediately recommit to peace negotiations and uphold their responsibilities under the Pretoria Agreement. Ethiopia’s neighbors and the international community must work to defuse tensions and facilitate peace.
"We also urge the U.S. State Department to work with all parties to end the violence and hold those responsible accountable. The people of Ethiopia deserve peace and justice.”
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Issues:U.S. Africa Policy Working GroupForeign Policy
ICYMI: Rep. Omar Speaks in Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on DHS's Fatal Shootings
Position: Rep. Omar criticizes the fatal shootings of Minnesota residents by immigration officers during Operation Metro Surge and the subsequent government characterization of the victims, calling for accountability at DHS.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke in a hearing hosted by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations titled “Our Values at Stake (Part V): Deaths, Deception, and a Failure of Accountability at DHS.” Donna and Brent Ganger, mother and brother of Renée Good, and Stella Carlson, eyewitness to the murder of Alex Pretti, joined the Committees as witnesses. Rep. Omar questioned them on the aftermath of the fatal shootings by immigration officers in Minnesota, and across the country. She also asked them about the communities' needs as they seek justice for those murdered by DHS agents. You can watch the full video here. Below is a transcript of her opening remarks:
"For those who know me, I'm not known for being an emotional person, but representing Minnesota, representing the epicenter of where Operation Metro Surge took place, having two of my constituents assassinated in broad daylight - it was the most emotional I've ever been in my entire life.
"And, you know, even the last two hearings that I've participated in, even today, I had to walk out a few times because it is hard to hear people account for losing their daughter, for losing their son, for losing their father, for losing their neighbor, for losing a young dad -I was around his age when when my first daughter was around his daughter's age.
"And to know that it all happened in the hands of your own government. And for those of us who, like Rep. Garcia talked about, who are immigrants in this country, who fled countries where people are routinely killed in the hands of their government - and as Representative Crockett said, you know, we come to the United States as the land of free, the land of laws, there is an incredible constitution we all celebrate and take an oath to, not just when we become citizens, but when we do, end up serving that country to give back because we are enormously grateful for it - that you just never think that this country is going to be a country where its own government kills its own citizens and residents.
"And then that government turns around and continues this sort of insane thing that, you know, happens in other countries, where that government creates this propaganda to say that the victims somehow were responsible for their assassination. That they somehow invited their government to publicly execute them."
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Issues:Immigration
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Introduces Make ICE Pay Act
Position: Introduces legislation to redirect approximately $140 billion allocated to ICE and CBP under HR-1 toward recovery and relief efforts in communities affected by immigration enforcement surges, and critiques the conduct of Operation Metro Surge and similar operations.
WASHINGTON – Following the conclusion of “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the Make ICE Pay Act to redirect the $140 billion allocated to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) through the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” Act (HR-1) and invest it into communities across the country that have been impacted by the Department of Homeland Security’s heinous operations.
"For over a year, ICE has been tearing through our nation, leading racist terror campaigns that have caused devastating damage to our cities, to our businesses, and to the lives of our constituents," said Rep. Omar. "In Minneapolis, Operation Metro Surge cost our community nearly $700 million. We have a moral responsibility to end this abuse of power. Our bill will force ICE to pay the price for the damage they’ve left in their wake and ensure that these devastating operations can never be repeated."
“The psychological and financial impacts of Operation Metro Surge will be generational,” said Rep. Craig. “As Minnesotans begin the long process of healing from the wounds that President Trump’s ICE inflicted, it’s important that we commit to holding this lawless and misguided administration accountable. There is much more work to be done, but this bill is a critical step toward making our communities whole.”
The Make ICE Pay Act would redirect nearly $140 billion towards local recovery efforts in states affected by ICE and CBP surges and named operations; including California, Minnesota (Operation Metro Surge), Illinois (Operation Midway Blitz), Louisiana (Operations Swamp Sweet and Catahoula Crunch), Maine (Operation Catch of the Day), North Carolina (Operation Charlotte’s Web), and Oregon (Operation Black Rose).
The funding can be used by states, localities, non-profits and small businesses to provide economic relief, reimburse operational costs, support educational institutions, or deliver psychosocial support to the impacted. It may also be used for investigations, commissions of inquiry, truth telling, record-keeping, and memorialization to make sure that this devastation is accurately recorded, remembered, and can never be repeated.
The legislation is cosponsored by Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN).
The full text of the bill is available here.
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Issues:Immigration
House Passes Water Resources Development Act, Includes Language from Rep. Omar to Protect the Stability of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis
Position: The release describes House passage of the Water Resources Development Act, which includes language clarifying that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers owns and is responsible for maintaining the Upper St. Anthony Falls cutoff wall beneath the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed language from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to protect the future of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This legislation provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to carry out water resources development projects and conduct studies to provide improvements to the nation's ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure.
The language resolves a decades-long concern for local and state governments regarding a vital piece of abandoned infrastructure underneath the Mississippi River, just upstream of St. Anthony Falls. The cutoff wall was constructed by the Corps on an emergency basis in the 1870s in order to stabilize the bed of the Mississippi River after a failed attempt to create additional tunnels for hydro mills led to a rapid collapse of St. Anthony Falls. A recent study by the St. Anthony Falls Lab assessed the integrity of the cutoff wall, while highlighting that ongoing questions about ownership cast doubt on who would be responsible for maintenance and evaluation of this important piece of infrastructure. Rep. Omar’s language in this bill will clarify that the Corps owns the cutoff wall and is responsible for its maintenance.
“I’m thrilled to see my language about the cutoff wall included in the House passage of the Water Resources Development Act,” said Rep. Omar. “This passage addresses longstanding concerns shared by the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and the State of Minnesota about a piece of infrastructure that is vital to the stability of the river at the heart of the Twin Cities. It builds on our work to protect this historic segment of the Mississippi waterfront, and ensures this sacred site will be safe and stable for our future generations. I’m grateful for our community, local, state, and federal partners that made this victory possible.”
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Issues:Environmental Justice
Omar, Scott, Casar Introduce Legislation to Protect Workers’ Hard-Earned Wages from Medical Debt Collection
Position: The release announces introduction of the Protecting Workers' Wages from Medical Debt Act, which would prohibit wage garnishment to pay medical debt and bar states and courts from issuing or enforcing such garnishment orders.
WASHINGTON— Today, House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Vice Ranking Member Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35), introduced the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act. This bill would prohibit workers’ wages from being garnished to pay for medical debt.
Right now, approximately 100 million Americans are trapped with $220 billion in medical debt. Looming unpaid medical bills can devastate working families, whether they have health insurance or not. Unfortunately, the medical debt crisis has become more dire as millions of Americans are being stripped of their health care due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ disastrous “Big, Ugly Bill.”
Over the last several years, new reports of hospitals and debt collectors suing patients for outstanding bills and forcibly cutting their wages to repay the debt have highlighted the predatory nature of wage garnishments.
Currently, federal law allows up to 25 percent of a worker’s take-home pay to be garnished each workweek. Over 30 states have taken action to better protect consumers and have added additional protections to prevent workers’ wages from being unnecessarily garnished. However, when workers are struggling, these constraints are not enough.
The Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act protects workers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, by prohibiting wages from being garnished for the payment of medical debt. Specifically, the bill:
Bans any amount of a worker’s wage from being subject to garnishment for medical debt, and
Prohibits any state or court from issuing or enforcing a wage garnishment order for medical debt.
“In the richest country in the world, medical debt should not be a threat to working people’s livelihood. The American people should not have to slash spending on necessities to pay for life-saving care and no one should be denied future health care because of unpaid medical bills. Unfortunately, that is the reality many Americans are facing right now,” said Ranking Member Scott. “I am proud to work with Reps. Omar and Casar on this commonsense legislation, which will ensure families are not thrown into further hardship simply because they got sick and needed care.”
“In 45 states, some workers have a portion of their take-home pay forcibly cut to pay off medical debt,” said Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Omar. “I'm partnering with Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) to ban this practice and ensure no worker is thrown into further financial hardship over often-predatory debt.”
“Nobody should lose their wages because they got sick,” said Vice Ranking Member Greg Casar (D-TX). “Trump and Republicans ripped health care away from millions of Americans to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Now families who get sick are being hit with bills they can't pay, and in most states a hospital or debt collector can take a cut of their paycheck before they ever see it. This needs to end, and our bill would stop it.”
The Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act is endorsed by: American Federation of Teachers (AFT); Center for Health and Democracy; Families USA; Public Citizen; and Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
To read a fact sheet on the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act, click here.
To read the bill text on the Protecting Workers’ Wages from Medical Debt Act, click here.
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Issues:Workers and EconomyHealthcare
Workforce Protections Ranking Member Omar Remarks at Hearing on President Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda at the Department of Labor
Position: Ranking Member Omar opposes Republican and Trump Administration efforts to repeal workplace safety rules and reduce Department of Labor and OSHA enforcement, and criticizes proposals to reclassify workers as independent contractors, weaken wage-theft enforcement, and reduce overtime pay.
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Workforce Protections Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Less Red Tape, More Opportunity: Unleashing American Workers and Job Creators.”
“Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today.
“My Republican colleagues love to talk about getting rid of red tape, but let’s look at what they actually want to get rid of: it is the light at a construction site; it is the respirator a worker wears to protect themselves from asbestos exposure; it is an inspector looking at a mine and simply asking a coal operator whether the roof is going to hold.
“Every one of these commonsense rules is on the books because a worker was hurt or killed on the job. And this country decided it would not let it happen again.
“But now the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans are trying to repeal them.
“They have also fired staff across the Department of Labor and weakened important safety agencies like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
“The attacks on workplace protections have made it harder to hold bad employ[ers] accountable, and harder for workers to trust that someone has their back.
“Now, 2025 was a very good year for President Trump personally.
“According to his own federal disclosure forms, Trump received 2.2 billion dollars in income after returning to the White House.
“Let me put that in perspective: the median American worker would have to work over forty-three thousand years to earn what President Trump made in a single year in office. Forty-three thousand years.
“While working families were falling further behind on their bills, the man in the Oval Office is cashing in. And Congressional Republicans are just looking the other way.
“Worse, they actually added red tape of their own to the very programs all of these families need to survive.
“In the year since this Republican Congress passed the ‘Big Ugly Bill,’ more than eight million Americans have lost their health coverage and more than four million lost food assistance.
“Republicans know they don’t have a good economic record to run on. But let’s be clear about the plan they are offering to the American people: it is more red tape [and] hardship for you, and less of it for their corporate beneficiaries.
“Instead of crafting an agenda that helps working people with the cost of living, Committee Republicans have consistently chosen to take the wrong priorities.
“They have chosen to make labor cheap.
“That is what their bills would do: making it easier for an employer to treat a worker like an independent contractor instead of a full-time employee; letting employers off the hook for wage theft; and making overtime cheaper and worth less for the workers putting in the time.
“And they have chosen to make jobs more dangerous.
“Just last month, Committee Republicans voted to block OSHA from ever issuing any standard [protecting] workers from extreme heat – in one of the hottest summers in our country’s history.
“Just as troubling is what they have chosen not to do. This Committee has held zero hearings on issues that working people in my district and across the country care about most: not one hearing on raising the minimum wage; not one hearing on addressing the violence in the workplace; and not one hearing on our child labor laws, even as this Administration announced a plan to weaken them for 14-year-olds.
“Mr. Chair, every worker in America deserves to come home safe at the end of the day. That should be one of the most basic obligations we have to our constituents.
“Working families are not asking for much. They are asking for a fair shot, an honest wage, and a safe workplace.
“But this Congress, and this Administration, are failing to meet the moment.
“Stripping away labor protections will not unleash anything good.
“It will just move the cost of doing business onto the bodies and livelihoods of working-class people who do the real work that powers this economy.
“Working Americans deserve a government that works for them, not corporate interests.
“Thank you, and I yield back.”
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Issues:Workers and Economy
Rep. Omar Statement on One Year Anniversary of the Annunciation Catholic School Shooting
Position: The release calls on lawmakers to pass gun violence prevention measures, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and argues that current political inaction on gun violence is unacceptable.
MINNEAPOLIS – Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) released the following statement to commemorate the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in her district.
"Today, our community gathers to remember Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, honor the survivors, and stand with every child, family, educator, parishioner, and first responder whose life was forever changed by the tragedy at Annunciation one year ago.
"Fletcher and Harper were targeted while doing something so innocent: sitting in prayer at the first all-school Mass of the school year. As a mother, I cannot imagine the heartbreak their families have endured. As a Minneapolis resident and your representative, my heart remains utterly shattered. I refuse to accept that this is the reality our children must grow up in.
"Annunciation Church has been a fixture of our Southside community for more than 100 years. My district office is just 10 minutes away, and members of my staff have deep ties to this church. They have celebrated weddings, baptisms, and first communions there. This tragedy struck not only a school and a parish, but a community that we hold close to our hearts.
"At the heart of today is a simple belief: one meaningful way we can remember is by showing up for others and moving our feet. Through acts of service and generosity, we can carry forward the love, courage, and care that have surrounded the Annunciation community over the past year. But remembrance must also be coupled with action.
"Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens. Our leaders at every level of government have an obligation to confront this crisis and keep our children safe. As a legislator, I continue to be ashamed by the lack of political will to act, even after Columbine, Parkland, Uvalde, and far too many other tragedies. We must do whatever is within our power to protect our kids.
"It should not be controversial to pass commonsense lifesaving measures, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Our elected leaders should care more about the safety of our children than protecting access to weapons of war.
"We owe it to Fletcher and Harper, to the survivors, and to every single child who deserves to feel safe at school and in a house of worship to do everything in our power to prevent this from ever happening again."
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Demands Answers About the Presence of an Undercover HSI Agent Outside her Town Hall Meeting
Position: Rep. Omar requests explanation from Homeland Security Investigations about an undercover agent's presence outside her town hall, and raises concerns about HSI's coordination with local law enforcement, training, and vehicle plate practices.
MINNEAPOLIS – Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) sent an oversight letter to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) demanding a response as to why an undercover HSI agent was stationed outside of her monthly town hall meeting in Richfield. Following nationwide concerns about the Trump Administration’s use of ICE and DHS to intimidate Americans who oppose their political agenda, this action raises serious concerns about the purpose of HSI’s presence at the Congresswoman’s public event.
It also raises concerns about practices at HSI and ICE more broadly. It calls into question the level of training agents are receiving before being sent out into the field, given the agent claimed to have been conducting an undercover criminal operation with no prior coordination with local law enforcement near the Congresswoman’s event. Importantly, it indicates that HSI is continuing to use mismatched license plates on vehicles, in violation of state law and in contradiction to earlier commitments HSI made to Rep. Omar.
“HSI's actions yesterday evening put an entire community at risk,” said Rep. Omar. “Instead of monitoring the area for those who might wish harm to me and my constituents, Richfield Police were required to devote time to investigating why an HSI agent was outside of a Congressional event in a vehicle with mismatched plates. It also raises serious and uncomfortable questions about the purpose of HSI's presence outside of my event. At best, your agent was unable to assess that the parking lot of a community center hosting a Congressional event wasn’t the best place to conduct a drug operation. At worst, it emphasizes many Americans’ growing concern that the Trump administration uses ICE to surveil political opponents and may interfere with our democracy.”
Congresswoman Omar is demanding answers to the following questions:
Please explain why an agent was detailed to Richfield Community Center on the evening of Thursday, August 6, 2026.
Please explain when and how the HSI agent and her supervisors became aware I was hosting a town hall at this location and what action that knowledge prompted.
Please provide an overview of the training the agent had completed prior to her assignment at this location, as well as how long she has served as an HSI agent.
Richfield Police Department reported that they had received no advance communication of an undercover operation from HSI that would have allowed them to ensure the safety of the officer and the community, as well as support HSI's broader work to combat drug trafficking. Please explain what steps you take to coordinate undercover criminal operations with local law enforcement, and why in this instance there was no prior coordination with Richfield Police Department.
Please share details of any meetings or events I have hosted in my official capacity as a Member of Congress that HSI agents may have been assigned to observe and why. Please share whether HSI agents have observed any other activity being undertaken in an official capacity by any other local, state, or federal officials in Minnesota this year.
You can find the full text of the oversight letter here.
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Issues:Immigration
Source: GDELT 2.0 GKG, filtered to a curated list of national outlets. Inclusion is not endorsement; opinion pieces and reported news are mixed.
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONLabor2 contributionsTrade-union PAC for teachers — backs candidates supporting public education funding, collective bargaining rights, and worker protections.AI$10,000
2.OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE1 contribution$5,000
3.SMART TD PAC1 contribution$5,000
4.SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Labor1 contributionTrade-union PAC for the Service Employees International Union — backs candidates supporting union organizing, collective bargaining, prevailing wages, and worker protections.AI$5,000
5.MEDICARE FOR ALLIdeological1 contributionHealthcare-reform advocacy PAC — supports candidates backing universal single-payer Medicare coverage for all Americans.AI$5,000
6.ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PAC1 contribution$5,000
7.JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST PAC1 contribution$5,000
8.NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEReal Estate2 contributionsTrade association PAC for U.S. real estate agents and brokers — backs candidates supporting property-rights protections, mortgage-lending access, and tax incentives for homeownership.AI$5,000
9.NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONLabor2 contributionsPAC of the National Education Association, the largest U.S. teachers' union. Backs candidates supporting public education funding, teacher compensation, and collective bargaining rights.AI$5,000
10.BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership1 contributionMember-of-Congress leadership PAC — directs contributions to allied Democratic candidates and party priorities across federal races.AI$3,000
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.NVIDIA$12,600
2.HCA$10,526
3.ORACLE CORPORATION$9,000
4.RICELAND HEALTHCARE$8,125
5.LAW OFFICES OF OMAR KHAWAJA$7,000
6.JORDAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LLC$7,000
7.ALEXANDER SOROS FOUNDATION$7,000
8.SOTERI$7,000
9.IDS REAL ESTATE GROUP$7,000
10.FUEL LINE$7,000
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
