The move comes as #Trump has fixated on #Somalis living in the #US, using increasingly racist language to attack them. He stepped up his rhetoric in the wake of last week’s shooting of 2 #NationalGuard members in DC, even though the man suspected in the attack is an #Afghan national.
The directive for the #ICE operation in #Minneapolis & #StPaul, MN, came immediately after Trump’s remarks.
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The effort, which is beginning this week, [supposedly] focuses largely on #Somalis with final #deportation orders who are living in the #TwinCities, though the ofcl said that others who are still seeking legal status could be swept up as well.
The plan calls for the deployment of so-called strike teams, which are made up of #ICE officers, agents & other federal ofcls. ~100 officers & agents from around the country have been brought in for the operation, the ofcl said.