The President’s singling out of Somalia comes shortly after protesters—and Democratic lawmakers— condemned his targeting of Minnesota’s Somali Community. During a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump said that Somalia is “barely a country” and referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage.”

White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to end an immigration-enforcement surge in Minnesota, drawing down thousands of federal agents whose presence provoked tumultuous protests for weeks.