Just a heads up, there's some brief, strong language in this episode.

You know Alia Rahman's story.

You know Alia Rahman's face.

But Alia herself, she is still getting used to that.

You know, I'm a very private person.

I don't even post on social media.

I've been trying to sneak out of photos since I was three years old, you know.

Like, some people have no idea about what's going on.

But I will say that, you you know leaving my house is an

interesting experience why well you know if I if I decide I want to like go to a coffee shop

and read a paper book or write there's this common experience that happens in my life now which is that

a stranger will look at me and you'll see their face kind of drop.

And they'll say, I know who you are.

These folks know Alia because of the many videos you can find of her online.

They are from January 13th of this year,

when Operation Metro Surge was still going strong in Minneapolis.

Alia was headed to a doctor's appointment that morning.

Treatment for the brain injury she got a couple years back.

On the way, she got caught up in an immigration raid.

Agents surrounded her car, gave her contradictory instructions.

Eventually, they smashed out her passenger side window, cut her seatbelt, dragged her onto the street.

She tried to tell the agents she's disabled. It didn't matter.

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