On January 13, just a few weeks into US President Trump’s unprecedented immigration crackdown in Minneapolis city that began in December, a photograph went viral. It showed a young woman screaming in pain as immigration enforcement agents dragged her out of her black car.
The woman was Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi-American software engineer, who was on her way to a doctor’s appointment.
Soon, the video of Rahman’s arrest flooded social media platforms. As at least two masked and armed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pull her out of her car and drag her to the ground, Rahman yells, “I’m disabled.” Another officer cuts her seat belt with a knife. She is on her way to her doctor, she is heard telling the agents.
"Move! I will break your effing window." Autistic US citizen Aliya Rahman, 42, couldn't comprehend ICE commands (Jan 13) in Minneapolis.
— TruthSeerum (@TruthSeerum) January 20, 2026
"Move" and "Get Out" were ordered in "a cacophony of conflicting instructions."
Couldn't tell who was talking. Everyone masked. No charges pic.twitter.com/6myKg6PfON
Moments later, Rahman was hogtied and carried face-down to an ICE vehicle by four officers, each holding on to her hands and legs. More than a dozen officers hovered around.
Rahman, a US citizen with autism and a traumatic brain injury, testified...
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