Immigration

Steven Greenhut | 12.19.2025 7:30 AM

After Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he was proud that his city had the largest Somali community in the United States, President Donald Trump unleashed a vicious rant during a press conference ostensibly about the auto industry: "I wouldn't be proud to have the largest Somalian―look at their nation. Look how bad their nation is. It's not even a nation. It's just people walking around killing each other…They have destroyed Minnesota."

Trump also penned a social-media post claiming Somali gangs have taken over Minnesota and "are roving the streets looking for 'prey' as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses." The Hennepin County District Attorney's Office, which is the top law-enforcement agency overseeing the Minneapolis area, released a video debunking those claims. Nearly 90 percent of Somalis there are legal residents, with 58 percent of them having been born in the United States.

"They contribute nothing…I don't want them in our country," Trump added, as he has pushed forward a plan to reduce the nation's refugee-acceptance program by 90 percent. Somalis actually have revived some downtrodden Minneapolis neighborhoods as they mostly........

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