Video: ICE agents in Twin Cities stop US citizen, demand proof of citizenshipA video circulating in the Twin Cities shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents insisting an apparent U.S. citizen pulled over in his car prove his citizenship, as he asks agents repeatedly why he’s been stopped.Said Mohamed recorded his interaction with agents in the video shared by his labor union, SEIU Local 26.The union stated on Facebook that Mohamed, a U.S. citizen, was stopped by ICE on his way to work “and forced to prove his U.S. citizenship.”In the video, Mohamed asks agents five times, while repeating that he is a U.S. citizen, before an agent mentions his vehicle.5 EYEWITNESS NEWS consulted immigration attorneys who explained that ICE agents need “reasonable suspicion” to stop and question someone. Gloria Contreras Edin, a St. Paul-based attorney, said agents must have “reasonable suspicion based on a certain set of articulable facts that can lead to them believing that the person is here without status or here in the country illegally.”Reasonable suspicion may be based on circumstances, Contreras Edin explained, citing a U.S. Supreme Court order in September that she said cleared the way for agents to use factors like race, language, accent, and workplace when deciding who to stop or possibly detain.In the video, Mohamed questions if his appearance led to the stop. ICE agents deny it, saying, “No, it’s not because of your race, it has nothing to do with your looks.” After Mohamed continues to ask why he was stopped, one of the agents later replies, “It has to do with the vehicle possibly being tied to individuals who are not here in the United States legally.”Mohamed went on to say the car is registered in his name as a U.S. citizen. He ultimately showed his ID, and agents allowed him to leave.Watch the interaction between Mohamed and ICE agents shared by SEIU Local 26 below:Asked for her take on the interaction shown in the video, Contreras Edin said, “In this case, it’s really hard to know what the officer was thinking and why he really stopped him, so I’m not going to sort of guess. But the officer’s statement about, you know, the vehicle being tied to, you know, other individuals, it just seems like it’s not enough, right? Because that means that — that can mean that for anyone. And so, you know, it’s likely that the officer stopped him because of the color of his skin.”Asked if she would consider it a lawful stop, Contreras Edin replied, “Well, I think that’s going to have to be argued in the courts.”“But at this point, because we have this shadow docket decision, and because we have broad interpretation of what’s allowed under this totality of circumstances test, it’s really hard to say where we’re going to end up,” she continued. “I just hope that we end up in the right place.”Contreras Edin said Mohamed was right to continue to assert his rights and his citizenship, adding that her office has been receiving a growing number of calls from U.S. citizens asking for advice if they are stopped or detained.“That video just took me aback. It’s the first time that I’ve seen something like this, where an individual, a U.S. citizen, is asserting his rights, insisting, and officers are just pushing back,” she said. “With the increased enforcement that we’re fully aware of here in the Twin Cities, I suspect we’re going to see more of that, maybe not all recorded on camera.”ICE officials have not responded to questions or requests for comment as of this report. In response to previous reporting, officials have repeatedly said agents are in Minnesota to arrest people believed to be here illegally. For Related Stories: Renée Cooper ICE ICE Arrest