Minnesota, Somali and Donald Trump
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Minnesota has been a magnet for Somali immigrants for decades and now has America’s largest population of people of Somali descent.
Minnesota’s governor said the president’s xenophobic remarks were dangerous as the state continued to face fiscal questions about a fraud scandal.
Last week, my colleague Ryan Thorpe and I broke a story about widespread fraud committed by Somalis in Minnesota. Members of the state’s Somali community allegedly participated in complex schemes related to autism services, food programs, and housing ...
(This story contains language some readers may find offensive) By Bianca Flowers, James Oliphant, David Hood-Nuño and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - During a closed-door White House meeting in his first term,
A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official told CNN on Tuesday.
The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
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Cannon: Problems With Somali Immigrant Communities Are Real, Generalizing Makes Problem Worse
Monday on the RCP podcast, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discussed President Trump's comments about Somali immigrants in Minnesota and whether this is really different from tension caused by past waves of mass immigration to the U.
In a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, claimed that 50% of visas issued in Minnesota are fraudulent.