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After four years living in a Kenyan refugee camp, where they had fled from the violence and oppression that had erupted in their native Somalia, members of the Omar family considered their options for making a new life in a distant land. Somali refugees were being resettled around the world in the mid-1990s, and the family had opportunities to go to Norway or perhaps another Scandinavian country, or to Canada. But the grandfather had other ideas.
More than one in ten Black people in the United States are immigrants. There are those fleeing violence and persecution in their homelands, including the Cameroonians, Haitians, Somalis, Sudanese and South Sudanese who are here under Temporary Protected Status, and the Liberians under Deferred Enforced Departure.
Fourteen members of Congress have signed a letter demanding the release of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, despite being a legal permanent resident.
WASHINGTON—Today, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) met with Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho. They discussed the state impacts of career staff and field office cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and provided updates on funding and contract freezes. They also discussed long-term priorities that would help boost the supply of housing.
WASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) issued the following statement after voting against the partisan Continuing Resolution (CR):
“At a time when our government is already being hollowed out, Republicans pushed a partisan full-year continuing resolution that gives a blank check for unelected billionaire Elon Musk and Donald Trump to continue their campaign of chaos and destruction. With a full-year CR, the guardrails are off and Musk and Trump will have even more leeway to shut off and repurpose funding as they see fit.
Today, the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group convened its first meeting of the 119th Congress. Members of the Working Group heard from a variety of expert briefers on the escalating human rights and humanitarian catastrophes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly as it relates to the occupation of Goma and the surrounding areas by the M23 militia, and the historical context in which they are occurring.
Chris Wicker isn’t quite sure which emotions will bubble to the top when he walks into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night for President Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress.
He knows he’ll be humbled. As a six-year Air Force veteran who has saluted the American flag more times than he can count, the 40-year-old Woodbury native will be in awe to stand amid history at the gathering of the joint session of Congress.
Two Democratic members of Congress are demanding that the acting secretary of Labor explain planned mass dismissals and the dismantling of an agency that was reviewing Elon Musk’s Tesla for suspected discrimination.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among African American women in the United States, at 47% according to the National Library of Medicine. Hypertension, a major risk factor for CVD, affects 56% of African American women, nearly 1.5 times higher than the rates in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Former longtime KARE 11 political reporter John Croman was recognized at the nation's Capitol for his 27 years of reporting.
Rep. Ilhan Omar took a moment on the House floor Wednesday to honor Croman, who retired from KARE back in November.