Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh with socialist views will be running for Mayor in the upcoming Mayoral election in Minneapolis. Fateh is the son of Somali immigrants and has a fiercely pro-immigrant platform.
According to Fateh, US federal government is waging a war against immigrants under President Donald Trump. He also strongly advocates for legal assistance to immigrants without documents.
Omar Fateh has a radically pro-Immigrant vision for Minneapolis. According to his website, “The City must act as the last line of defense, hand-in-hand with the County and State, as the Federal government wages war on oppressed and vulnerable people.”
It adds, “Work with immigrant rights organizations and support initiatives aimed at achieving full equality for immigrant residents, including right to legal counsel, support for undocumented students and families in public schools, and establishing clear consequences for Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers who violate the city’s separation ordinance.”
Omar Fateh, born in Washington D.C., is facing heavy criticism and trolling on the social media platform X for his radical socialist policies supporting illegal immigrants.
Omar Fateh is running for Mayor of Minneapolis.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) July 14, 2025
He would be worse than Zohran Mamdani, by A LOT. pic.twitter.com/8uPF2ifp67
Some comments were downright racist and compared Fateh to Ilhan Omar, the Somali origin US representative from Minnesota.
I’m not even going to watch this video.
— Joey Mannarino 🇺🇸 (@JoeyMannarinoUS) July 14, 2025
I can tell by the shape of his head he’s a Somalian.
Somalians should not be running for office in the United States of America.
He should run for Mayor in Mogadishu so he can enjoy his mud hut lifestyle there rather than bring it here. https://t.co/EPr43ftYrk
According to one X user, the Somali community commits the most crimes in the City.
Brah, how about you work on getting your Somali community to stop causing mayhem on the regular in Minneapolis. Your community by far commits the most crime in the city, but you want to be mayor lmaooooo
— David Hubert (@757DavidonYT) December 2, 2024
Omar Fateh also promotes “Halal” loans or zero interest loans for local businesses. His vision says, “Invest ongoing resources to successful programs that stimulate local entrepreneurship. This includes programs like the City’s Ownership and Opportunity Fund, which allows local business owners to purchase their storefronts; zero- and low-interest loans — often known as ‘halal loans’; and technical assistance grants.”
