The Department of Homeland Security has arrested an honest-to-goodness Somali pirate.
According to a press release from the department, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) took Said Jama Ahmed into custody on “an outstanding arrest warrant for violations of falsely making, using, and forging a passport and for a positive fingerprint match to a 2012 national security threat with ties to Somali piracy.”
Look:
SOMALI PIRATE ARRESTED.@CBP arrested Said Jama Ahmed, an illegal alien from Somalia with a prior piracy-related history. Ahmed had outstanding warrant for falsely making, using, and forging a passport, as well as a fingerprint match linking him to a 2012 national security… https://t.co/crS8BQD612 pic.twitter.com/Js03GxlJ3B
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 24, 2026
Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis blamed Ahmed’s presence in the United States on the previous administration.
“Weak Biden Administration border policies allowed this illegal alien to enter and remain in the country despite his multiple law enforcement encounters. We are thankful for our hardworking U.S. CBP officers and Canadian officials for their cooperation in arresting this individual. DHS will continue to work to arrest criminal illegal aliens to protect the American homeland from all threats,” she said.
“On the night of April 14, an off-duty Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer first reported Ahmed and observed him walking southbound while carrying a backpack several miles north of the U.S.-Canada border. Two hours later, a U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Agent spotted Ahmed and confronted him and placed him into CBP custody,” the press release reads. “USBP currently holds him in the District of North Dakota for illegal entry.”
This isn’t the first time that he had run into American authorities, either.
“On March 10, 2012, the U.S.S. Halsey responded to a distress call from an Indian-flagged ship reporting that pirates had hijacked it in the Gulf of Aden,” the release revealed. “A Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team conducted boarding operations and encountered Ahmed and nine other armed pirates who had taken the Indian ship hostage by force, where the Navy then logged Ahmed’s fingerprint.”
X users reacted to the arrest:
— Sharmake (@Maydhalaalis) April 24, 2026
We used to hang pirates, justifiably, and now we put them on ssdi and give them stipend for existing in our country.
— Eric Dover (@Edover45) April 24, 2026
A Pirate?
We can cobble together a plank to walk.
In Florida…
In a gator infested lake….— Steven Kondratick (@StevenKondrati1) April 24, 2026
Pirate you say? Find the nearest yardarm and decorate it with him.
— El Notso (@El_Notso) April 24, 2026
Do it quick before Ilhan Omar marries him.
—
ConWee
(@ConnieL55025317) April 24, 2026
