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In small Minnesota corners, support and activism for the Somali community contrast with the harsh rhetoric coming from Washington, D.C.
GOP Representative Tom Emmer has called for sweeping immigration penalties against Somalis in Minnesota accused of fraud.
In a post to Facebook on Monday night, Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer wrote, "I'm calling for the denaturalization and deportation of every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota." "If they're here illegally, deport them immediately; if they're naturalized citizens, revoke their citizenship," Emmer said in the post.
A Somali-run daycare in Minneapolis was allegedly broken into amid ongoing fraud investigations. Important employee and child documents reportedly missing.
Representative Tom Emmer said Somalis are one of the “fastest-assimilating populations” in 2015, according to This American Life.
Minn., took to X to express his intention to “change the law” to ensure that members of Minnesota’s Somalian community are removed from the country for engaging in
FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday the agency is continuing to investigate alleged fraud in Minnesota, as Republicans have seized on the allegations to attack the state’s Somali population and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.