Ilhan Omar's daughter, once arrested for participating in anti-Israel protest, now unemployed, selling off used clothing after graduation

 July 11, 2025

Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is unemployed following graduation from Columbia University, where she was arrested for participating in a tent city protest against Israel, Breitbart reported. The 22-year-old is now selling used apparel online to make ends meet.

In a since-expired Instagram Story, Hirsi shared with her more than 80,000 followers that she has been selling her clothing castoffs on the Depop app. "I am now selling on [Depop]!! Check out if u wish," Hirsi wrote.

She was hawking a pair of Dr. Martens boots, some skirts, and her "beloved multicolored striped cardigan." Perhaps this is the only way Hirsi, who graduated from the Ivy League institution in May, can make a living these days.

Hirsi was a member of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group. She considers herself "hyper-woke" and has an arrest to prove it. In April 2024, she was rounded up with more than 100 of her comrades for camping out on the campus to support Palestine.

Proud Mama

Following her arrest, Hirsi was suspended from Barnard College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University. While attending an institution that costs upwards of $90,000 a year, Hirsi decided to jeopardize her future.

She was one of several students arrested for squatting on the New York City campus of Columbia University to side with the aggressor in the war between Israel and Hamas. The suspension was lifted after Hirsi claimed that she would become homeless and desolate if she were kicked out of school.

Omar boasted about her daughter's antics in a social media post following her arrest. "I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi," the radical member of the "Squad" posted to X, formerly Twitter, at the time.

"She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school to stand against genocide," Omar claimed. She said noted Hirsi was using her "right to speech, assembly, and petition enshrined in our constitution."

Severe Consequences

While Omar sang her daughter's praises, people in the real world saw this radicalism among these students as a red flag.  As NBC News reported, the top law firm Davis Polk rescinded employment offers to three students at Columbia and Harvard who had made statements in favor of Hamas.

This revelation came from an internal email at the firm. "These statements are simply contrary to our firm’s values, and we thus concluded that rescinding these offers was appropriate in upholding our responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive work environment for all Davis Polk employees," the email, signed by chair and managing partner Neil Barr, said of the radical students.

"At this time, we remain in dialogue with two of these students to ensure that any further color being offered to us by these students is considered," it added. When asked to confirm it with the press, a representative from Davis Polk said that it was true and necessary.

"The views expressed in certain of the statements signed by law school student organizations in recent days are in direct contravention of our firm’s value system. For this reason and to ensure we continue to maintain a supportive and inclusive work environment, the student leaders responsible for signing on to these statements are no longer welcome in our firm," the representative said.

It's unclear whether Hirsi's activism is to blame for her lack of occupation, but it's clear that employers aren't as enamored with radical anti-Israel protesters as Democratic lawmakers are. Perhaps selling off wordly possessions is a fitting punishment for a good leftist like Hirsi.

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