The federal agents who searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home on Oct. 12 belong to the same agency that is seizing fuel bound for Cuba. In early 2026, it put undercover agents inside Minnesota union halls and churches. On Oct. 8, it went door to door in northern Manhattan collecting video of an ICE shooting. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the armed investigative unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with the power to spy, raid, seize and arrest, is the federal government’s political police at home and its blockade police against Cuba. On both fronts, it faces organized people fighting back