Woman 'Kidnapped' by ICE Says Being Somali in America Is Kind of Like Bananas With Rice

After Nick Shirley's video of all of those empty Somali daycares in Minneapolis, the Somalis have a public relations problem that started around the time that Rep. Ilhan Omar first opened her mouth. Does it seem like Somalis have gotten the brunt of the blame for the massive, multi-billion-dollar fraud in Minnesota? Yes, because they're the ones responsible for it.

Somali isn't a race, but we still have to tread carefully around them so as not to appear racist. And the fear of appearing racist is probably how they've gotten away with so much fraud for so long. I also can't say I'm thrilled with Mayor Jacob Frey's videos in Somali, or Minneapolis mayoral candidate waving a Somali flag at a campaign rally. Omar Fateh waved the Somali flag at a campaign rally and pledged loyalty to the country, despite the fact that he was born in Washington, D.C. A candidate in Columbus, Ohio, declared that "We believe in Somalia."

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu recently announced that “you cannot talk about any achievement the City of Boston has had" without talking about Somais. A couple of years ago, the former prime minister of Somalia showed up at a campaign rally for Omar and declared, "Ilhan’s interests aren’t those of Minnesota or the people of America, but the interests of Somalia." This is all on video.

I'm not sure where End Wokeness got this clip of a Somali woman trying to explain what it's like to be Somali and American, but I'm guessing from, like, the way she speaks, English is like, you know, her first language. Either that or she grew up in Somalia and learned the language from a VHS copy of "Valley Girl."

"Being Somali is more than bananas & rice, it's a lot, it's uh.. it's kind of like bananas & rice" pic.twitter.com/m5fphubcQr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 23, 2026

How is this real?
— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) January 23, 2026

This truly unbelievable
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) January 23, 2026

Is she serious?
— Doreen Linder (@DorLinder) January 23, 2026

Somebody chose to put her in front of a microphone.

Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old St. Paul resident, held a news conference Wednesday afternoon saying last week, she was harassed and assaulted by federal agents during an incident. She said she was detained for two days, given no reason why and eventually released. pic.twitter.com/VSODeBeEuN
— FOX 9 (@FOX9) January 21, 2026

Even if this were true and I don't believe it is I still don't care
— Lindsey's missing conscience🇺🇲☮️ (@LaganSandy) January 22, 2026

She spat on a federal agent who was trying to detain two illegal aliens. That's assault
— The Mohm 🐊 (@Easterngirl77) January 22, 2026

OK, here's the story from FOX 9's Jeff Wald:

A 23-year-old Somali woman who lives in St. Paul says she was harassed and assaulted by federal agents during an incident last week.
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Nasra Ahmed held a Wednesday afternoon news conference along with her father, Mohamed Ahmed, and state lawmaker Samakab Hussein to talk about her experience.
The incident happened at around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 14. Cell phone video appears to show Nasra Ahmed being detained by federal agents in what appears to be the parking lot of an apartment complex. She says they were following two Somali men when she asked them to hold a door open for her.
She says ICE agents intervened, took her into custody, and she spent two days in the Sherburne County Jail before being released.
The incident caused her mental and emotional trauma, and she says she suffered a concussion due to the force used. Ahmed had a large bandage above her right eye on Wednesday.
"I got kidnapped by ICE. They came to my neighborhood, they took me, arrested me and detained me for two days. An ICE agent called me a racial slur," she said. "ICE asked to see my ID and decided it was nice to be racist and say really nasty things to me. They pushed me hard, they used a lot of violence, I got a concussion. I was screaming, I was crying, I was so scared. I’ve never been arrested in my life."

A spokesman for DHS says she was detained for assault.