Minnesota’s Somali community shocked
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ICE arrested a Somali illegal immigrant convicted of fraud and connected to several high-profile Minnesota politicians, including former Dem vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz.
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Many Somali Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are fearful of Trump's immigration policies
A native of Minnesota who is of Somali descent said people in his community are afraid to leave their homes despite their citizenship status.
Minnesota boasts the largest population of Somalis in the U.S. — a community that's recently faced attacks from President Trump. Here's a brief history of how they came to settle there.
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said few Somali migrants in her state qualify as "undocumented," noting they came to the U.S. with a refugee status.
The president also continued his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., saying the first Somali American elected to Congress "shouldn’t be allowed to be a congresswoman."
Minnesota has been a magnet for Somali immigrants for decades and now has America’s largest population of people of Somali descent.
The New York Times has reported that “over the last five years, law enforcement officials say, fraud took root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small
Trump's comments, presented without evidence, have shaken people like Salman Fiqy, who saw an opportunity for the GOP to gain further ground in the Somali community.
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