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In the mode<\/span> of historic fascist regimes, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration sent federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to raid the home of a political opponent, singled out for her race and religion, in a transparent effort to strip her of her citizenship.<\/p>\n On Monday, agents with Homeland Security Investigations, ICE\u2019s investigative wing, conducted a search of the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with federal officials describing<\/a> the incursion as part of \u201can ongoing federal criminal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n HSI was previously known for its targeting human traffickers, drug smugglers, and war criminals. But under the second Trump administration, the unit has been increasingly focused<\/a> on investigating protesters<\/a> and immigration fraud.<\/p>\n That latter category is exactly what Trump administration officials have been extremely prejudiciously saying for months. In March, Vice President JD Vance said, \u201cWe actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n And, last month, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said<\/a> that \u201csomething is going to happen\u201d on the Omar case, with immigration czar Tom Homan confirming an investigation.<\/p>\n The ICE raid against Omar, however, is an extremist escalation in Trump\u2019s long-running threats<\/a> to denaturalize the member of Congress, who was born in Somalia but came to the U.S. as a refugee when she was a young child. Omar, who has denied the repeated allegations of immigration fraud, is on the ballot for reelection in November.<\/p>\n Not only does the raid send a chill to all naturalized citizens who, like Omar, oppose the Trump regime, it is also one of the most ominous signs to date of how dangerous Trump and his acolytes can get in the next two years.<\/p>\n With his popularity tanking and his grip on power growing tenuous, Trump is becoming a flailing tyrant. Meanwhile, he has been granted extraordinary executive power by a loyalist Supreme Court and has purged the federal government of practically all checks and balances. It\u2019s a recipe for immense harm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Debates about whether the Trump regime qualifies as fascist are old<\/a>, tired, and not worth retreading here. <\/p>\n There can be little doubt, though, that targeting a racialized political opponent for deportation three weeks before an election is a nakedly fascist move \u2014 especially in the context of the far right\u2019s<\/a> evermore vitriolic attacks<\/a> on Somali<\/a> communities nationwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMinnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants,\u201d Trump wrote<\/a> in a Truth Social post last week. \u201cThe Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0It was nothing short of an exhortation to a race war.<\/p>\nA Nakedly Fascist Move<\/h2>\n