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Ilhan Omar: “There is a lot of conversation about what the dismantlement…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

Ilhan Omar Holds First Town Hall Since The Attack By A Man With Syringe

Published February 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 50:51

What I will say is that there is a, an easier conversation happening today than you know, six, seven years ago when I got to Congress about what we need to do with ice, which is to abolish it. And There is a lot of conversation about what the dismantlement of the Department of Homeland Security should look like. Because right now, the agencies that are put together do not have accountability in the way that that formation exists. And it's very important for us. (50:51–51:02)

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“Estimated 69 million married women across the United States will be unable to use their birth certificates alone to prove that they are…”
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“Last week, we voted on a resolution blocking the national emergency Trump declared in order to raise tariffs on Canada.”
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“Majority of federal employees...live paycheck to paycheck.”
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“He is a 34 time convicted felon and so I don't think that he is, he is without consequence.”
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“It is an honor to always be able to deliver those federal dollars for our local municipalities and make sure that everybody's thriving in…”
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“The man was arrested. He faces both county and federal charges.”
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“We voted against the legislation to give the department [Department of Homeland Security] the resources it needed.”
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“We know that our Republican counterparts and the President himself have made a lot of comments about our elections not being secure.”
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“I myself voted against [the SAFE act] because we believe it is an attack on our democracy and the electoral process.”
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“It is going to disenfranchise millions of Americans, especially women.”
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“The bill also required all states to hand over their voter rolls to Kristi Gnomes, dhs.”
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“Republicans know that they can't win this upcoming election in a fair way, and they're trying very hard to limit the people's access to the…”
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“We did have a rare bipartisan win recently in the House.”
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“Six Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the resolution.”
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“Our staff were able to help 1,000 constituents with issues like Social Security, immigration, taxes, healthcare, and more.”
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“Our team was also able to return more than $4.8 million to constituents, businesses, and organizations in the District.”
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“ICE has a Celeste Fund.”
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“I led the Congressional Progressive Caucus to take an official stand to say unless we have them meet these 10 demands, we're not going to be…”
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“It became the official stand of the whole caucus. And it translated also that becoming the official stand of the Senate.”
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“I'm taking, you know, three American citizens who've been physically assaulted and jailed and detained by ICE as my guests.”
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“When we were in charge in the House, we passed legislation [on gun violence prevention].”
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“Minnesota has really stepped up in passing legislation [on gun violence prevention].”
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“It was just yesterday, I think that there was a shooting in Rhode Island at the Hockey rink.”
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“We want ICE out of our state.”
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“We want the masks to come off, we want the military grade weapons to go away.”
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“We want a clear identification of who, which agency they are with.”
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“We want the plates to stop switching in the cars.”
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“We want the terror to end.”
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“We’re also fighting to make sure that there is independent investigation to the assassination of, to our neighbors.”
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“We also want an investigation to the shooting of the Venezuela men in north Minneapolis, where the agents were clearly found to have lied…”
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“We've attempted to pass legislation to hold accountable for Venezuela to make sure that [Trump] doesn't go to war with them, with Cuba, with…”
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“We have resolutions on Iran, war powers resolutions on Iran.”
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“Democrats can pass legislation to stop the tariffs on Canada and it barely breaks through on anything.”
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“It is really important that we do whatever it takes to help Ukraine win this war and remain and maintain their sovereignty.”
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“It's been my vote record has been to support any sort of way that can be helpful to the brave men and women of Ukraine.”
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“We formed a task force of litigation and response [before Trump was sworn in].”
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“There are about 120, I think, of them, members that are on there.”
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“That was formed in anticipation of Project 2025 being implemented.”
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“We have a hand in almost every litigation to try to stop every single executive order that he's introduced.”
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“We have a hand in the litigation of the unlawful ways in which his cabinet is carrying out policy in an illegal way.”
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“We have a coordinated effort with the 22 Democratic AGs and the lawsuits that they are bringing.”
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“I've never seen Democratic caucus work with each other in the way that I'm seeing.”
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“I know it [HJ140] passed the House. I think we lost one Democrat.”
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“I don't see a path in which it [HJ140] passes the Senate right now.”
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“Coast Guard is funded under [Department of Homeland Security], so at the moment they don't have money because it's part of the government…”
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“The agencies that are put together do not have accountability in the way that that formation exists.”
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“If we're not going to go back to pre 2002 in looking at how these agencies used to operate without this level of brutality that we are…”
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“Even when the National Guard was sent to Whipple to just make sure things didn't get out of hand, they ended up working with the federal law…”
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“Our founding fathers could not have fathomed right. Or didn't account for a lawless man like Trump being President of the United States and…”
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“I know Trump is justifying a lot of his power grabs and immigration and elsewhere. Off of the fentanyl issue.”
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“Corporations are benefiting from [the current situation] and they pay the politicians to continue to run.”
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“The military industrial complex [is] benefiting from [the current situation], and they have contractors that make this stuff that are…”
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“Majority of the people that are there, they're not thinking about making decisions that are bold and actually effective for the American…”
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