"It's a video many saw on social media soon after it happened: Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, dragging a woman out of her car and forcing her to the ground. The woman in the video is Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi-American and a U.S. citizen. The day she was arrested, Rahman was on her way to the doctor, when she came across an ICE operation and a group of people protesting."
"But Rahman, who is autistic and also recovering from a traumatic brain injury, says it sometimes takes her a moment to understand auditory commands. Before she knew it, the officers were carrying her away by her limbs. "I thought I might well die," Rahman said. She was placed in an SUV with three ICE officers. "I heard the laughing driver radio in, 'we're bringing in a body,'" she recalled. It took her a second to realize they meant her."
"Rahman was taken to the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where immigration agents have brought detainees before releasing them or sending them out of state. While at Whipple, Rahman experienced a severe headache, and asked for medical care for more than an hour. Eventually, she passed out. She says she woke up in a downtown hospital, where doctors told her she had suffered a concussion."
Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi-American and U.S. citizen, was forcibly removed from her car by ICE officers during a chaotic scene while she was en route to a doctor. Federal officials said she ignored multiple commands, but Rahman, who is autistic and recovering from a traumatic brain injury, said she sometimes needs extra time to process auditory instructions. Officers carried her by her limbs, placed her in an SUV, and she overheard an agent joke about "bringing in a body." She later lost consciousness at the Whipple Federal Building and was diagnosed with a concussion at a downtown hospital. Federal authorities indicate they may reduce immigration agents in Minnesota, but community impacts and fear remain.
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