Minnesota: DOJ Arrests 16 Anti-ICE Activists for Rioting, Including Viral ‘Bananas and Rice’ Somali Migrant

January 28, 2026
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The Department of Justice just dropped a bombshell in Minnesota: 16 anti-ICE activists, including a Somali migrant who shot to viral fame for declaring being Somali isn't just eating bananas with rice, have been arrested for rioting and straight-up assaulting ICE agents. This isn't some peaceful protest gone awry—federal charges paint a picture of organized chaos, with the group hurling projectiles, blocking federal operations, and turning a routine ICE enforcement into a battlefield. The now-notorious banana-rice guy, whose clip exploded on social media for its eyebrow-raising cultural flex, embodies the irony: a newcomer to America, granted refuge, now biting the hand that feeds by attacking the very enforcers upholding immigration law. Dig deeper, and this saga reeks of the escalating clash between open-borders zealots and law enforcement, a tension that's increasingly spilling into violence. These aren't random agitators; many are tied to radical networks that view ICE as the enemy, much like how anti-2A crowds demonize the ATF or local sheriffs standing firm on gun rights. The parallels are stark—both sides wield defund rhetoric, but when feds push back, it's the rioters who cry victim. For the 2A community, this is a flashing red light: if these activists can swarm and assault ICE with apparent impunity until DOJ steps in, imagine the mob tactics deployed against gun stores, ranges, or rallies during the next red-flag law push. We've seen it before in Portland and Kenosha, where armed self-defense became the thin line between order and anarchy. The implications? This arrest wave is a win for federal authority, reminding us that real accountability cuts both ways—whether it's rioting leftists or overreaching bureaucrats eyeing our Second Amendment. Pro-2A patriots should cheer this as precedent: when the mob assaults the thin blue (or green, in ICE's case) line, justice prevails. But stay vigilant—Minnesota's progressive swamp bred this mess, and similar breeding grounds in blue states could target gun owners next. Arm up, stay informed, and support the enforcers keeping chaos at bay. The right to bear arms isn't just for hunting; it's for defending the republic from banana-throwing revolutionaries.

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The Department of Justice just dropped a bombshell in Minnesota: 16 anti-ICE activists, including a Somali migrant who shot to viral fame for declaring being Somali isn’t just eating bananas with rice, have been arrested for rioting and straight-up assaulting ICE agents. This isn’t some peaceful protest gone awry—federal charges paint a picture of organized chaos, with the group hurling projectiles, blocking federal operations, and turning a routine ICE enforcement into a battlefield. The now-notorious banana-rice guy, whose clip exploded on social media for its eyebrow-raising cultural flex, embodies the irony: a newcomer to America, granted refuge, now biting the hand that feeds by attacking the very enforcers upholding immigration law.

Dig deeper, and this saga reeks of the escalating clash between open-borders zealots and law enforcement, a tension that’s increasingly spilling into violence. These aren’t random agitators; many are tied to radical networks that view ICE as the enemy, much like how anti-2A crowds demonize the ATF or local sheriffs standing firm on gun rights. The parallels are stark—both sides wield defund rhetoric, but when feds push back, it’s the rioters who cry victim. For the 2A community, this is a flashing red light: if these activists can swarm and assault ICE with apparent impunity until DOJ steps in, imagine the mob tactics deployed against gun stores, ranges, or rallies during the next red-flag law push. We’ve seen it before in Portland and Kenosha, where armed self-defense became the thin line between order and anarchy.

The implications? This arrest wave is a win for federal authority, reminding us that real accountability cuts both ways—whether it’s rioting leftists or overreaching bureaucrats eyeing our Second Amendment. Pro-2A patriots should cheer this as precedent: when the mob assaults the thin blue (or green, in ICE’s case) line, justice prevails. But stay vigilant—Minnesota’s progressive swamp bred this mess, and similar breeding grounds in blue states could target gun owners next. Arm up, stay informed, and support the enforcers keeping chaos at bay. The right to bear arms isn’t just for hunting; it’s for defending the republic from banana-throwing revolutionaries.

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