Minneapolis Resident Aliya Rahman Details Traumatic ICE Detention Experience

Personal Account of ICE Detention

• 💡 Aliya Rahman, a disabled U.S. citizen with autism and a traumatic brain injury, recounts her detention by ICE on January 13th.
• 🎯 She describes being pulled over due to a traffic jam caused by ICE vehicles, with agents issuing conflicting threats and breaking her car window.
• ⚠️ Despite stating she was disabled, agents forcibly removed her from the car, cutting her seatbelt with a knife and causing her to fall face first.

Treatment Within the Detention Facility

• ⛓️ Rahman details being referred to as a "body" by agents and witnessing other detainees being marched outdoors in shackles.
• 🚫 She was denied her cane, access to a communication navigator due to slurred speech, and medical screening.
• 🤕 Agents taunted her when she was placed in a wheelchair, questioning her ability to walk despite her injuries.

Denial of Medical Care and Legal Rights

• 🚑 She pleaded for over an hour for emergency medical care for unbearable pain and deteriorating physical condition, but it was denied.
• ⚖️ Rahman was never asked for ID, informed she was under arrest, read her rights, or charged with a crime.
• 🆘 Her cellmate had to bang on the door and plead for a medic when Rahman lost consciousness on the cell floor.

Broader Implications and Call for Accountability

• 🏥 Upon regaining consciousness at an emergency room, she learned she was being treated for assault.
• ✊ Rahman emphasizes that her experience highlights systemic issues and a lack of rules and accountability for law enforcement actions.
• 🗣️ She speaks with a strong spirit, driven by a duty to others who have not had the privilege to tell their stories or see loved ones come home.