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Rep. Ilhan Omar's guest for the State of the Union address Tuesday night said she was arrested and hospitalized during President Donald Trump's speech.

 that she was escorted from the hall by Capitol police.

"The sergeant of arms told me it was because I was standing up silently — no buttons, no facial expressions, no gestures, no signs, not one sound. Standing up,” she said. 

Rahman said she was injured in the process and taken to the emergency room. Afterward, she was arrested and charged with unlawful conduct, Omar said.

“Reports indicate she was aggressively handled until someone intervened to secure medical attention. She was taken to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and later booked at the United States Capitol Police headquarters,” Omar said in a statement Wednesday. 

“The heavy-handed response to a peaceful guest sends a chilling message about the state of our democracy. I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred.”

Rahman said she was released from police custody shortly before 4 a.m. Washington time. 

In January, Rahman — a U.S. citizen — was 

pulled out of her car by ICE agents in Minneapolis

Correction (Feb. 26, 2026): An earlier version of this story misspelled Aliya Rahman’s first name in the headline.

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