ICE targets Somali communities in Maine
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At least 15 Columbus childcare centers were targeted by false allegations of fraud, harassing phone calls and trespassers in December and January, community leaders say.
Minn., for her multi-million dollar net worth while slamming 'incredible' financial crimes among Minnesota's Somali community.
Nick Shirley, the viral YouTuber who reports on alleged fraud at Somali-run daycare centers in Minnesota, released new video Wednesday showing his security stepping between him and an angry Somali man who repeatedly berated him during a confrontation.
According to Fowzia Adde, executive director of the Immigrant Development Center, the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics are traumatizing Somalis in the Fargo-Moorhead community.
But President Donald Trump has made the Somali community a special target of his deportation rhetoric after recent fraud cases in Minnesota in which a majority of defendants had Somali roots. Since December, Trump has made numerous jabs at the community, calling them "garbage" and saying "they contribute nothing."
State Rep. Ismail Mohamed, D-Columbus, said he and David Harewood, a local activist, coordinated the Dec. 18 meeting due to the noticeable increase in ICE agents and what he says is "dehumanization" coming from the Trump administration targeting Somali immigrants.
Ending TPS for Somalis would affect about 3% of foreign-born Somalis and roughly .9% of all Somali Americans, census data show.
The allegations of childcare fraud and impacts to the Somali community are trickling down to the San Diego community.
In President Donald Trump's lengthy Tuesday address, he had harsh words for Minnesota's Somali Community. Somali community members say it's a "racist campaign."
KIRO hosts discuss the impact of alleged daycare fraud on Somali-run centers in Puget Sound, highlighting rising threats and harassment.
The Temporary Protected Status will end on March 17,
When filmmaker Abdi Mohamed wanted to debunk rumors that Somalis didn’t care about Renee Good’s death, he knew just where to go. His video of Somalis distributing free sambusas and chai to ICE protesters got more than 4,