""When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don't want them," Trump said."
""What makes someone a target of ICE is not their race or ethnicity, but the fact that they are in the country illegally.""
""hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants""
The Trump administration is expanding immigration raids targeting Somali residents in Minneapolis, with reports of detentions already taking place. U.S. officials describe the operation as a high-priority sweep and plan to deploy roughly 100 officers and agents. Minnesota hosts the largest Somali community in the United States, and the Census Bureau estimates about 260,000 Somalis nationwide, most of whom are U.S.-born or naturalized. Officials say the operation targets hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. Local immigrant-rights groups reported at least four Somali arrests this week, and ICE has also arrested Southeast Asian and Latine people. President Donald Trump made vitriolic, racist statements targeting Somalis, while an assistant secretary for homeland security said ICE targets people for immigration status rather than race or ethnicity.
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