"President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States. Trump's contemptuous description of the entire immigrant community is the latest example of him pointedly attacking the Somali diaspora in the United States. Somalis have been coming to Minnesota and other states, often as refugees, since the 1990s. The president made no distinction between citizens and non-citizens."
"The suspect in last week's incident is originally from Afghanistan but Trump has used the moment to raise questions about immigrants from other nations, including Somalia. "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country," Trump told reporters near the end of a lengthy Cabinet meeting. He added: "Their country is no good for a reason. Your country stinks and we don't want them in our country.""
President Donald Trump said he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States, calling residents of Somalia too reliant on the U.S. social safety net and adding little to the country. He made no distinction between citizens and non-citizens in his remarks. The comments followed an administration halt on asylum decisions after a shooting that wounded two National Guard soldiers; the suspect is originally from Afghanistan. Trump intensified attacks after conservative allegations tying Minnesota program money to al-Shabab and vowed on social media to send Somalis "back to where they came from," citing alleged fraud in Minnesota.
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