{"id":49,"date":"2026-05-19T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homemovechronicle.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:08:12","slug":"she-was-ripped-from-her-car-and-detained-but-shes-not-done-with-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homemovechronicle.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"She Was Ripped From Her Car and Detained, but She\u2019s Not Done With ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to What Next:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"17\" role=\"none\" src=\"\/media\/sites\/slate-com\/apple-podcasts-icon.svg\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          Apple Podcasts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><\/p>\n<p>          Spotify<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aliya Rahman is a very private person. She doesn\u2019t even post on social media. But now there are many videos of her online, from Jan. 13 of this year, when Operation Metro Surge was going strong in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homemovechronicle.com\/?p=47\">Liberals Love Him. Trump Loathes Him. How a Classic Congressional Weirdo Ended Up at the Center of American Politics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rahman was headed to a doctor\u2019s appointment that morning\u2014treatment for a brain injury she had gotten a couple of years back. On the way to the appointment, she got caught up in an immigration raid. Agents surrounded her car and gave her contradictory instructions. Eventually, they smashed out her passenger-side window, cut her seat belt, and dragged her into the street.\u00a0She tried to tell the agents she was disabled, but it didn\u2019t matter. They took her to the Whipple building, which had become the center for immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the months since this incident, Rahman has testified in front of Congress, attended the State of the Union, and become a symbol of sorts. A few weeks ago, she filed a federal tort claim against the Department of Homeland Security. She\u2019s asking for money to replace the window agents smashed and to pay for her ongoing medical care. But she\u2019s also asking other victims of immigration violence to follow her lead. It\u2019s part of a bigger plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery case that\u2019s filed against them is an opportunity to learn how they actually function,\u201d says Rahman.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent episode of What Next, host Mary Harris spoke to Rahman about how her life has changed since her detention, and how she\u2019s trying to turn her viral moment into a movement. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Harris: Part of your story is that since this initial detention, you have kept speaking out. You testified in front of Congress. You showed up at the State of the Union, where you were a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar. And actually, while you were at the State of the Union, you were detained again. Donald Trump had just called for restoring funding for DHS, right, when you stood?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aliya Rahman:<\/strong> Yeah, he was talking about DHS, saying a lot of racist stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I was not protesting. If I had wanted to disrupt, I would have done something like make a sound or hold a sign. I wasn\u2019t doing any of that. But as I was standing up, I heard a man say, \u201cYou can\u2019t stand up.\u201d And I pointed out that we\u2019d all been standing up and sitting down all night. And he told me I couldn\u2019t be the only one standing up. And right then, a bunch of Republicans stood up. But he just got really angry.<\/p>\n<p>I had three people grab my arms and start pulling. I was just trying to de-escalate, and I\u2019m like, \u201cChill\u2014I\u2019m not harming anybody, and I have two torn shoulders.\u201d And they kept trying to take away my cane. You are not allowed phones in there, so there are no phone videos, but there are photographs, and you can see the moment they\u2019re removing me.<\/p>\n<p>They tried to charge me. Initially, the police wanted to say that it was \u201cunlawful conduct,\u201d carrying a sentence that\u2019s higher than what anyone has ever been proposed to be charged with, and the court was like: <em>What are you guys doing? No.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<template><br \/>\n<iframe frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\" title=\"She Was Ripped From Her Car and Detained, but She\u2019s Not Done With ICE\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/template><\/p>\n<div><noscript><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>View Transcript\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>You seem comfortable using your body. You\u2019re not doing anything physical\u2014I don\u2019t want to misrepresent what you\u2019re doing. But you seem comfortable putting your physical self in these situations that are dangerous.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t even think of them that way at all. I was just going to the doctor. To me, that\u2019s not putting your body in a dangerous situation. It\u2019s actually the opposite. I\u2019m trying to get help because my body needs help, right? And at the State of the Union, again, this was not a deliberate decision to stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homemovechronicle.com\/?p=45\">Republicans Are Trying to Kill the Abortion Pill. They Don\u2019t Stand a Chance.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was hearing horrible things. At that moment, I just stood longer because I was experiencing this event in a way that didn\u2019t have anything to do with anyone else. I\u2019m autistic, and a lot of what\u2019s happening when we are moving is not actually about wanting to take up more space. It\u2019s actually regulating our nervous system. Sitting still can be really, really hard. I\u2019m just regulating my body and letting it do what it needs to do, but it\u2019s not really about danger or somebody else. It\u2019s just existing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In April, you filed this claim against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, via the Federal Tort Claims Act. This is a mechanism for eventually potentially suing the government for damages caused by a federal employee. What is the process like? It seems complicated. You file some paperwork, then you wait for a while, then potentially you file a lawsuit. Am I getting that right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what we have instead of the normal process by which you would, for example, sue a local police officer. The way that I describe this is that you are using state law on a federal entity. The hammer is the state law, and the nail is the agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you asking for with your claims? Is it mostly monetary damages?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the only option you have, to ask for that. They can say that they want to settle, and then you can maybe ask for some other things. The only thing you\u2019re able to write down is monetary. But for me, it\u2019s a way to get them in the room and answer for what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p>In these six months, they can respond and say, \u201cSure, we\u2019ll do what you say.\u201d They can respond and say no, or they can just not respond, which apparently is very common. And then, after those six months, you can file a lawsuit. That\u2019s when things happen, like people actually having to answer questions. I would like to be compensated for all of these expenses, but more than anything, I want myself and other disabled people and Black and brown people to be able to go to the doctor and to go about our lives without being harassed and injured in permanent ways that completely affect the rest of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>I constantly think about the people who were in detention with me. I constantly think about the ICE officers. That\u2019s kind of how PTSD shows up for me. There are always these other people on the edge of my consciousness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the government came to you and said, \u201cWe\u2019ll pay whatever you want,\u201d would that satisfy your demands?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would that satisfy me? Absolutely not. Would that be the thing that\u2019s on the piece of paper that they\u2019re supposed to respond with? Yeah. But I don\u2019t want this to happen to our people anymore. If they ever got to a point where they just agreed we should compensate people, that would have to mean that someone up the chain was like, <em>This was wrong. We have to change our practices. We don\u2019t want to keep paying out a whole bunch of money to all of these people<\/em>. But that would require a complete ideological change in their bosses\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n<p>The way these people are behaving, sometimes you cannot appeal to folks who don\u2019t see you as human. 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