After rallying for Trump in 2024, Somali-American man says he feels betrayed
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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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.
A growing climate of fear within Minnesota’s Somali community is leading to empty clinics. Ubah Ali shows us how one health care worker is fighting back.
Salman Fiqy first came to the United States from Somalia in 2009. Last year, he didn't just vote for President Trump — he helped get his neighbors to the polls so they could vote for him, too. But as Conor Wight reports, he's now changing his tune.
Democratic Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan spoke with CNN on Thursday about how the Trump administration is “striking fear into the hearts of Minnesotans” with his focused attack on Somali Americans.
In the heart of Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, DFL lawmakers condemned attacks on the Somali community while addressing the growing fear and arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A day after President Trump said, "I don't want [Somalis] in our country," and reports of a planned crackdown on undocumented Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities, local leaders decried the actions and urged the community to take steps to stay safe.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States "garbage" and wants them to leave.
CBS News has confirmed ICE operations targeting Somali immigrants are underway in the Twin Cities.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been directed by the Trump administration to target undocumented Somali immigrants in the Twin Cities, according to the New York Times.
Minnesota is home to nearly 80,000 Somalis, and 95% of them are U.S. citizens according to CAIR-MN.
CBS News is reporting ICE will launch an operation targeting Somalis with deportation orders who live in Minnesota. Local leaders say that's only a fraction of the roughly 80,000 who live in the state.
Minnesota's Somali community appears to be the next target of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. CBS News has learned that ICE will launch an enforcement sweep in the Twin Cities this week. Agents plan to go after migrants with deportation orders.
Sources tell the Associated Press that Somali immigrants are the target of the operation.
Minnesota is in the hot seat again following two separate federal investigations: One that's digging into state dollars and another that's looking at state drivers licenses.
Could some of the money stolen in one of Minnesota's fraud cases have gone to a terrorist group? That's what the federal government is now investigating.
President Trump is now ordering that Somali green cards, along with green cards issued to 18 other countries of "concern," are reexamined.
President Trump on Thursday used a slur to describe Minnesota's governor and made controversial comments about the state's Somali population. Ubah Ali spoke with one woman who says Mr. Trump's words are fueling fear and frustration.
In an invective posted to the Truth Social platform on Thanksgiving, President Trump used a slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
President Trump has ordered the government to re-examine the green cards of thousands of people.
DFL Minnesota lawmakers and other community advocates rallied in the State Capitol rotunda on Monday to condemn President Trump's pledge to end deportation protections for some Somali immigrants.
A rally for refugees filled the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda on Monday. It comes after President Trump called for an end to legal protections for some Somali migrants in the country.
On Sunday, members of Minnesota's Somali community spoke out against President Trump's social media post calling for an end to temporary protected status.
President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
President Trump said in a social media post on Friday night that he is "terminating effective immediately" the Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota.
The word for "mother "in Somali is "hoyo." In 2018, we introduced you to a company by that name. Mariam Mohamed, who came from Somalia for college, noticed how hard it was for Somali women to get jobs, so she started a company making a Somali delicacy: meat pies called "sambusas." Things have changed since then.
