ICE takes Somali-American community leader Omar Jamal into custody in Minneapolis
Prominent Somali American advocate detained by ICE in Minneapolis, unsettling a community he helped build
MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Omar Jamal, one of Minnesota’s most visible Somali American civic voices, in downtown Minneapolis on Friday, federal officials and his attorney confirmed. He was later transferred to the Freeborn County jail in Albert Lea, a facility that holds federal immigration detainees.
What we know
Jamal, 52, was taken into custody by ICE on Friday…