Attorney Alina Habba criticized a city mayor’s conduct and warned that the Department of Justice will investigate and pursue those funding anti-ICE riots, saying such actions endanger public safety and interfere with Americans’ rights.
Habba made the remarks while addressing what she described as rising hostility toward federal law enforcement and the deployment of agents to restore order.
She accused the mayor of signaling sympathy toward Somali individuals by publicly displaying a foreign flag rather than the American flag, arguing that such actions worsen tensions at a time when federal officers are being sent into volatile situations.
“We have a mayor who is a Somali sympathizer, who we’ve seen dancing around on stage with their flag instead of an American flag,” Habba said.
“I’m supposed to sit here and believe that that is not creating more hostility where we have just I just spoke with, Brian, 200 agents the other night that are leaving their families going there to keep the peace, to get criminals off the streets, to get people that don’t belong here out so that we are a safer country, and they don’t even know what they’re standing for.”
Habba emphasized that hundreds of federal agents are being deployed away from their families to carry out enforcement operations and maintain public order.
She said those agents are working to remove criminals and individuals who do not belong in the country, while local leadership, in her view, is failing to support their mission.
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She then turned to the funding and organization behind recent anti-ICE demonstrations, warning that those providing financial backing could face serious legal consequences.
Habba said the Justice Department will scrutinize who is financing protests that cross the line into unlawful conduct.
“And let me also tell you something, the Department of Justice will look into whomever is funding this,” Habba said.
“It’s no different than a RICO action.”
Habba drew a distinction between lawful protests protected by the First Amendment and demonstrations that put people at risk or obstruct basic rights.
She said protests that interfere with daily life or threaten safety will not be tolerated.
“If you are funding mass protests, if you are having protests that are not that are not righteous protests, there are first amendment rights that we respect, but that are putting people in risk,” she said.
Habba specifically referenced disruptions that prevent people from exercising their religious freedoms, saying those actions will draw a forceful federal response.
“Not allowing people to go to church, this Department of Justice will come down on you,” she said.
Habba’s comments reflect a broader effort by federal officials and allies of President Donald Trump to push back against anti-ICE protests and hold organizers and funders accountable.
She framed the issue as one of law and order, public safety, and protecting the rights of ordinary Americans, while warning that the Justice Department is prepared to use powerful legal tools to address what she described as coordinated and dangerous activity.
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