Disabled Woman Terrorized by ICE: ‘I’m Here for Those Who Can’t Tell Their Stories’
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Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who is autistic and has a traumatic brain injury, was on her way to a doctor’s appointment in Minneapolis on January 13. She got stuck in a traffic jam created by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis; Rahman was dragged from her vehicle by federal agents, cuffed, and taken to the Whipple federal building, where ICE processes immigrants targeted for deportation. At Whipple, Rahman witnessed first-hand the brutality that so many others have faced. Denied medical care, she blacked out in a cell as her cellmate pleaded for help. She gives testimony in the video published here to say she is "not afraid" and to pledge to continue to tell the story that others cannot.

Feb. 8, 2026

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNr_QgIfReQ&t=27s

On February 3, Aliya Rahman — a U.S. citizen and resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota — testified before a bicameral public forum at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The session on the violent tactics and use of force by agents of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was convened by U.S. senator Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, Connecticut) and U.S. congressman Robert Garcia (Democrat, California). Other testimony came from Miramar Martinez, who was shot five times by DHS agents in Chicago, Illinois, and from family members of Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on January 7.

Rahman, who is autistic and has a traumatic brain injury, was on her way to a doctor’s appointment on January 13. She got stuck in a traffic jam created by an ICE operation in Minneapolis; Rahman was dragged from her vehicle by federal agents, cuffed, and taken to the Whipple federal building, where ICE processes immigrants targeted for deportation.