ICE arrests Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf in Minneapolis on Dec. 31, 2025

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Official ICE/court/booking records or DHS documentation corroborate that ICE arrested Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf on December 31, 2025.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a release saying activists and others obstructed federal agents attempting to arrest alleged violent offenders, including child rapists, sex offenders, gang members, and other criminals. DHS and ICE describe multiple incidents across several states where agitators, apartment managers, a local judge, and organized networks interfered with arrests, but ICE reports it ultimately apprehended and removed those individuals.

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ICE's own press release (dated Jan. 8, 2026) states ICE launched a targeted enforcement operation on Dec. 31, 2025, to locate and apprehend Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf and that HSI arrested him at his Lake Street apartment in Minneapolis; multiple news outlets (e.g., Fox News) report the arrest occurred during the Dec. 31 operation. Verdict: True — official ICE documentation and contemporaneous reporting support that ICE arrested Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf in Minneapolis on December 31, 2025.

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Update · Feb 07, 2026, 12:29 AMTrue
ICE's own press release (dated Jan. 8, 2026) states ICE launched a targeted enforcement operation on Dec. 31, 2025, to locate and apprehend Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf and that HSI arrested him at his Lake Street apartment in Minneapolis; multiple news outlets (e.g., Fox News) report the arrest occurred during the Dec. 31 operation. Verdict: True — official ICE documentation and contemporaneous reporting support that ICE arrested Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf in Minneapolis on December 31, 2025.
- https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-convicted-sexual-predator-who-was-allowed-roam-free-minneapolis-because
- https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-confirms-arrest-somali-illegal-immigrant-sex-offender-minneapolis
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 10:45 PMTrue
Official U.S. government releases corroborate the claim. ICE's press release (Jan. 8, 2026) states agents launched a targeted enforcement operation in Minnesota on Dec. 31 and that HSI arrested Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf at his Lake Street apartment in Minneapolis; a DHS press release (Feb. 6, 2026) explicitly states, “On December 31, 2025, ICE arrested Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf … in Minneapolis, Minnesota.” Verdict: True — primary ICE and DHS statements confirm the arrest occurred in Minneapolis on December 31, 2025.
- https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-convicted-sexual-predator-who-was-allowed-roam-free-minneapolis-because
- https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/02/06/meet-some-child-rapists-sex-offenders-gang-members-and-violent-offenders-agitators
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