Photos have surfaced showing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5) posing with Abdul Dahir Ibrahim, a Somali illegal immigrant with prior fraud convictions.
Ibrahim was convicted of asylum and welfare fraud in Canada, according to Fox News. Underscoring the failures of the immigration system as a whole across decades, he reportedly entered the United States through New York after being deported from Canada in 1995.
An X post by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states that he wasn't issued deportation orders in America until 2004. Now, 21 years later, he has finally been arrested.
"Bye-bye, Abdul," the DHS post reads.
Ibrahim racked up at least a dozen traffic and parking violations during his three decades in the United States. One such infraction, according to the New York Post, involved driving without a valid license in Minnesota in 2002. He was also busted at the time for providing false information to law enforcement officers. He was fined and sentenced to a year of probation for that case.
Throughout his lengthy overstay in the United States, Ibrahim was photographed with major political players in the North Star State, including Walz, Omar, and failed Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh.
DHS posted those images of Ibrahim cozying up to the stars of the Democratic Party.
Criminal illegal alien, Abdul Dahir Ibrahim has been linked to Minnesota's top sanctuary politicians. In these pictures Ibrahim can be seen with @GovTimWalz, @Ilhan, and @OmarFatehMN.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) December 5, 2025
Ibrahim was convicted in Canada for Asylum and Welfare Fraud prior to his entry into the United… pic.twitter.com/mijqM4ZB0L
READ MORE: Somali-Linked Fraud in MN Under Tim Walz Just Got About $7 Billion Worse: ‘Growing by the Day’
These bombshell photos of Walz and Omar posing in friendly photos with the illegal Somali fraudster couldn't come at a worse time for the Minnesota Democrats.
Walz is already facing intense scrutiny and mounting calls for an investigation as to his role in allowing the state's exploding multi-billion-dollar welfare fraud schemes to take place under his watch. Those schemes, as reported by RedState on Friday, involving taxpayer-funded fraud across multiple public assistance programs, could amount to over $8 billion in total.
Billion, with a B.
🚨BREAKING: Minnesota’s Somali fraud may reach $8 BILLION, not just $1 billion as first reported.
— Jack (@jackunheard) December 5, 2025
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And a significant percentage of the fraud was allegedly perpetrated by members of the state’s large Somali community. Omar has long been a vocal advocate for the community. She moved to the United States in 1995, when she was 12, after her family fled the civil war in Somalia.
The congresswoman has not been accused of any wrongdoing in any of these fraud scandals, but the newest photo evidence and reports make it clear she's at least familiar with some of the people who travel in these circles.
Aside from being photographed with Ibrahim, RedState Editor Bob Hoge revealed that Omar "has strong relationships with at least two scammers."
Those scammers were Salim Ahmed Said, who held Omar's 2018 campaign victory party in his restaurant, and Guhaad Hashi Said, who worked on the "Squad" members' campaigns in 2018 and 2020.
Salim reportedly was convicted on 21 counts this past March, including wire fraud, federal programs bribery, and money laundering, after pocketing a cool $5 million. Guhaad pleaded guilty in August after falsely claiming to serve 5,000 meals a day to earn benefits from Minnesota's Feeding Our Future program. He pocketed a not insignificant $3.2 million.
Omar, when confronted by CNN about the alleged widespread fraud, struggled to explain what was going on. Her response was shifty at best.
Jake Tapper: Why did fraud in Minnesota get so out of control?
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 4, 2025
Ilhan Omar: I think what happened, um, is that, you know, when you have these, kind of, new programs that are, um, designed to, uh, help people...I just think that a lot of the COVID programs...were set up so quickly… pic.twitter.com/YcaTqC5LYG
"I think what happened, um, is that, you know, when you have these, kind of new programs that are, um, designed to help people, you're oftentimes relying on third parties to be able to facilitate," Omar told Jake Tapper. "And I just think that a lot of the COVID programs that were set up — they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created."
Again, Omar and Walz have not been accused of any malfeasance involving the Minnesota Somali fraud scandal. Walz, though, has been accused by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem of being "an idiot" and/or intentionally allowing the fraud to take place under his nose.
.@Sec_Noem: "You told me to look into Minnesota and their fraud on visas and their programs. 50% of them are fraudulent, which means that that wacko @GovTimWalz either is an idiot or he did it on purpose — and I think he's both." pic.twitter.com/0AZ5YGUZ2V
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 2, 2025
With these damning photos now in the open and Minnesota's welfare fraud scandal ballooning into the billions, one has to ask: Just how deep does the rot go in the land of lakes?
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