Posted on 01/27/2026 1:39:08 PM PST by DFG
A Minnesota-based nonprofit focused on aiding Somalis and other East Africans is hiring someone to follow immigration agents and prevent them from making arrests.
The Awood Center, named after the Somali word for “power,” released a job posting on Facebook Jan. 14 seeking an employee to assist in “rapid response,” a term activists use to describe following or recording suspected Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in-person. The group’s rapid response program will “reach hundreds of Somali residents within days,” “prevent unlawful or coercive detentions” and conduct outreach at relevant facilities such as mosques, the job posting says.
The Awood Center did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
A rapid response worker will be “deployed” in response to ICE activity in the Twin Cities, the announcement says. The role will support the Awood Center’s “safety network” in the area and “Coordinated Community Protection Strategy” for migrants in tandem with other local advocacy groups, the organization said.
In addition to verifying suspected ICE encounters, the operation will also include “communications through WhatsApp, SMS, social media, and mosque networks,” according to the announcement.
Applicants must speak Somali, Oromo or Amharic along with English and have six months of “outreach worker or community organizer” experience, plus other qualifications, the post says.
The Awood Center has received years’ worth of funding from left-wing philanthropy giants such as the Tides Foundation and New Venture Fund, as well as the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, tax filings show. The three groups did not respond to the DCNF’s requests for comment. The Awood Center’s new employee will assume the role until the end of March, but the job may be extended “dependent upon funding,” according to the post.
President Donald Trump has halted deportation protections for Somali nationals, frozen immigration from their country and floated denaturalizing Somali-born U.S. citizens guilty of fraud. The Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture also froze funding to Minnesota for certain federal programs due to welfare fraud overwhelmingly tied to the state’s Somali population.
Since immigration enforcement surged in the state, anti-deportation protests and ICE-tracking efforts have led to two deadly federal agent-involved shootings and several arrests.
“This work aligns directly with the goals of rapid-response funders committed to racial equity, immigrant justice, and community power-building,” the Awood Center’s job posting says.
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sounds like conspiracy to obstruct justice
So Patel should have lifetime employment investigating and arresting these guys.
But ummm...I don’t hear about any such arrests.
Funny that.
Obstruction of justice is a criminal offense involving the intentional interference, impairment, or impediment of government investigations, judicial proceedings, or law enforcement duties. It includes actions like destroying evidence, intimidating witnesses, lying to officials, or bribing, designed to subvert the legal process.
Key aspects of obstruction of justice include:
Intent and Knowledge: The act must generally be done “corruptly,” meaning the person knows of a pending proceeding and acts with the specific intent to interfere with it.
Common Examples:
Tampering: Influencing, threatening, or bribing witnesses, jurors, or court officers.
Evidence Manipulation: Destroying, concealing, or falsifying documents or evidence.
False Statements: Lying to investigators, federal agents, or during congressional hearings.
Resistance: Resisting arrest or hindering law enforcement, such as through physical interference or providing false information to police.
Legal Framework: It is covered by numerous federal (e.g., 18 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1521) and state statutes. For example, 18 U.S.C. § 1503 covers obstructing court proceedings, while § 1505 covers agency or Congressional inquiries.
Penalties: Penalties are severe and vary based on the specific statute, ranging from fines and short jail terms to significant prison sentences (up to 20+ years in extreme cases involving destruction of documents or obstruction of, for example, federal audits or investigations or when the obstruction involves serious criminal activity).
It IS.
I just wonder if the Somalis will eventually be able to finally defeat the Federal government. They have so far. In more sane times, that idiot representative, what’s her freaking name, would have already been in prison or back in her shithole country.
Was saint nurse paid by these thugs?
How about a Islamist tracker?
Not 100% sure the fraud and ICE/CBP operations are the same thing. Sure seems a little folks think it is.
Mosque Networks ? and Armories ?
Somalis....99% are Sunni Muslims...This is all about Muslims. Country of origin is secondary.
More giving aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.
Hey, Pam, are you awake?!?
OBSTRUCTION of federal law enforcement operations is now totally LEGAL, APPARENTLY.
Arrest them.
Enough dicking around with this crap.
Hit hard.
Hit fast.
Squash this crap NOW!!!
We can all spoof ice tracker apps. Do it. It is quite fun. I report IcE sighting to schools and mosques. Just make sure to use a vpn
It would be ‘funny’ if someone applied and got that job also happened to be working for the Feds.
Some might call him a Double Agent.
End justifies means when dealing with the grifting/ lying/ America-hating Somalis. Not all Somalis are this way, but a huge proportion are, and quite proud of it.
Somalis are the most hated group of Africans in all the world. No one likes them. They are garbage people. Nothing redeeming about any of them. They all need to be deported.
Minnesota starting to look like central camp for terrorist operations.
No state would allow the things Minnesota gets away with.
Deport them all then. Every last one must leave. If you let those people stay here, they will eventually start killing Americans. All of this is RAW insanity.
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