Minnesota hosts the nation’s largest Somali population, the result of decades of refugee resettlements and growing American-born families. Beginning in 1993, hundreds and then thousands of Somali immigrants each year fled war and instability in the East African country to resettle in Minnesota.

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Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the country but what percentage of the city's population do Somalis represent?

ICE plans to target undocumented Somali immigrants after Donald Trump told Somali Americans to “go back to where they came from.”

Federal law enforcement agents have officially started targeted operations in Minnesota aimed at Somali immigrants living in the country illegally.

Safiya Khalid, who served as the first Somali-American on the Lewiston city council, said in a social media post that she was quote "deeply offended and disgusted" by the president's attacks, and called on state and local elected leaders to stand up for their Somali constituents.

The specter of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown looms over the Somali diaspora in the Twin Cities – home to the nation’s largest Somali population.

In Somalia, some people were angry that their government had not criticized President Trump’s comments. Others were frustrated by what they saw as a pattern of disrespect toward Africa from Trump.