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Miles Archer

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Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:47 PM Tuesday

"Buy them lunch" UPDATE: "ICE agents mocked autistic woman for asking for wheelchair after dragging her out of car" [View all]

CONTEXT (I think everyone got it, but just in case)...

Noem encouraged the public to thank officers for Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. “Do something nice for them, buy them lunch,” she said during a briefing about ICE operations in New York City on Thursday morning.

ICE agents mocked autistic woman for asking for wheelchair after dragging her out of car

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-2675076839/

A woman who was recently released from custody by immigration agents described the horrifying way she was treated by President Donald Trump's immigration agents during a stop last month - one that resulted in her further disabled - and the terrible conditions inside the Minneapolis-area ICE facility.

Aliyah Rahman, an autistic South Minneapolis resident with a traumatic brain injury who needs a wheelchair for mobility, told lawmakers during a Congressional forum on Tuesday that she was stopped by ICE agents while on her way to a doctor's appointment. She said agents violently arrested her, including threatening multiple times to "break her f------ window" when she did not immediately comply out of shock, and slashing her seat belt with what appeared to be a hunting knife. She said they also dragged her by her arms, face down, from her car to an ICE vehicle, even while she was screaming at them about suffering from disabilities.

"I now cannot lift my arms normally," Rahman said. She claimed the agents never read her rights, and the Trump administration never charged her with a crime.

The conditions she witnessed inside the Minneapolis-area ICE facility were even more concerning, Rahman said. Outside of the center, she saw hordes of "black and brown bodies" being mushed along by screaming federal agents.
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The only thing missing now are the gas chambers and the Klarkashton Tuesday #1
Here she is - powerful malaise Tuesday #2
That was incredibly powerful. Ms. Rahman is a strong person to have survived and present this story. erronis Tuesday #5
butbutbut she's brownish. looks meskin to me. pansypoo53219 16 hrs ago #28
Everyone needs to see that Renew Deal Tuesday #10
From top to bottom.... Blue Owl Tuesday #3
and by the shortest road. creon Tuesday #9
Ooh! Can I just prepare a lunch for them instead? JoseBalow Tuesday #4
Laced with botulism? WmChris Tuesday #6
Not the Yelper Special JoseBalow Tuesday #12
Ron Filipkowski's Bluesky post red dog 1 Tuesday #7
aha watters creon Tuesday #8
Such a punchable face. progressoid Tuesday #20
Immediately after President Democrat takes office on Jan. 20th 2029 Aviation Pro Tuesday #11
Terminate the entire organization and create a new way to do immigration enforcement. Lonestarblue 6 hrs ago #30
Buy them lunch? Sure! sakabatou Tuesday #13
Degenerate morons. Martin68 Tuesday #14
I believe she has whathehell Tuesday #17
Yes, I acknowledged that in my comment, but my point is that autism probably was a not the issue. Martin68 Yesterday #22
I didn't read the article you were referencing, whathehell 22 hrs ago #23
This is what I wrote in my comment: "the headline should have been clarified that there were two different conditions Martin68 22 hrs ago #24
Got it. whathehell 20 hrs ago #25
This message was self-deleted by its author johnnyfins Tuesday #15
I sit hear filled with hate and anger towards Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #16
Hey Kristi, this is all that you and your murderous psycho thugs deserve: Initech Tuesday #18
Justice will come for these motherfuckers. orangecrush Tuesday #19
I have to believe that because my rage needs some relief Deuxcents 20 hrs ago #26
the video of Rahman's testimony is supremely horrifying along with the video of what they did LymphocyteLover Yesterday #21
Words:"Buy them lunch"... Actions: Violently attack police on Jan6 with attempt to kill... Get pardons. Norrrm 20 hrs ago #27
Isn't law enforcement supposed to decline gifts Norbert 14 hrs ago #29
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