A U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views on social media.

Aliya Rahman said she was brought to a detention centre where she was denied medical care and lost consciousness. The Department of Homeland Security said she was an agitator who was obstructing ICE agents conducting arrests in the area.

That video is the latest in a deluge of online content that documents an intensifying immigration crackdown across the midwestern city, as thousands of federal agents make arrests amid protests against what local officials have likened to a “federal invasion.”

Rahman says she was on her way to a routine appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when she encountered federal immigration agents at an intersection. Video appears to show agents shouting commands over a cacophony of whistles, car horns and screams from protesters.

  • TommySoda
    471·
    5 hours ago

    I’m so tired of this bullshit response. It’s like watching sports and saying what you’d do in that situation when you have no idea what you are talking about. What the fuck are they supposed to do? Anything they do besides protest will put their lives immediately in danger and they could potentially die. Believe it or not, most people don’t want to die. That’s kinda the whole point of these protests. None of us want to die or get kidnapped.

    I get it, we are all angry and this is all bullshit. But I’m so tired of people saying “yeah but I’d fight back and you should too” while most never even go to protests. Stop shaming people for not doing what you want to see them do with the buffer of your phone screen. You are basically saying “yeah but why didn’t you die for them?” While you sit on the fucking toilet.

      • TommySoda
        171·
        3 hours ago

        Sure thing keyboard warrior. I bet you feel like such a touch guy as you do jack shit about it. At least these people are protesting while you sit behind a screen and explain why other people need to make sacrifices for you like you are the main character.