"The community expects a heavy presence of ICE agents at mosques in the Twin Cities during Jummah prayers (Dec. 5), said Khalid Omar, an organizer with the interfaith group Isaiah. He said local lay and faith leaders plan to gather outside mosques in the area to show solidarity with Muslim immigrants."

#ICE #Minneapolis #Somalis #mosques #churches #synagogues #resistance #solidarity
/13

"Faith leaders across the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area have organized to protect Somali communities and houses of worship as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched an operation targeting undocumented Somali immigrants."

~ Fiona André Ulaa Kuziez

#ICE #Minneapolis #Somalis #mosques #churches #synagogues #resistance #solidarity
/12

https://wordandway.org/2025/12/05/in-minneapolis-clergy-mobilize-to-manage-expected-ice-raids-targeting-somali-immigrants/

"Trump is a prolific purveyor of hate speech who has managed to normalize vile attacks on immigrants from dozens of countries. In the beforetimes, it would have been unthinkable for a president to engage in racist hate speech in the Oval Office in front of reporters. Today, that fact did not make the front page of the New York Times."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #HateSpeech #Somalis #media #NewYorkTimes
/1

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-trumps-hate

"Trump’s press hack Karoline Leavitt tells reporters to 'appreciate the frankness and the openness that you get from President Trump on a near-daily basis.'

Sorry, Ms. Leavitt. This goes way beyond frankness and openness. Trump is now saying things nobody in their right mind would say, let alone the president of the United States."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #HateSpeech #Somalis #media #dementia #MentalDecline
/6

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/age-and-inhibition

"It's so racist that after 10 years, finally, finally, even corporate media couldn't do, 'He had a racial trip up. He had a racial flare up. It's economic anxiety.'

It's so racist that even The New York Times yesterday had to say, 'Yeah, that was one of the most xenophobic things we've heard.' So now, folks, they've gone all in. all end with xenophobia and white nationalism."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #HateSpeech #Somalis #media #NewYorkTimes
/5

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/am-i-racist-against-white-people

"'Is it appropriate, Mr. President, to call an entire group of immigrants in this country trash and garbage and to question their humanity, their basic humanity from the perch of the presidency of the United States?
Is that appropriate, Mr. President? Do you think that's appropriate?'"

#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #HateSpeech #Somalis #media
/3

"All of those things were done in front of cameras, in front of reporters, journalists, and in front of a room full of Donald Trump's cabinet officials. And the reaction of the people in that room was to break out into applause.

There were no shouts from the media demanding to know, 'Well, what do you mean calling a member of Congress garbage?'"

~ Joy-Ann Reid

#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #HateSpeech #Somalis #media
/2

https://www.joyannreid.com/p/ilhan-omar-responds-to-trumps-racist

"Trump is a prolific purveyor of hate speech who has managed to normalize vile attacks on immigrants from dozens of countries. In the beforetimes, it would have been unthinkable for a president to engage in racist hate speech in the Oval Office in front of reporters. Today, that fact did not make the front page of the New York Times."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #HateSpeech #Somalis #media #NewYorkTimes
/1

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-trumps-hate

Just what #Minneapolis needs, more #PoliceBrutality against #Black people. This time courtesy of #ICE & #CBP. #Trump is desperate to use the #InsurrectionAct.

The Trump admin is set to begin an operation targeting #Somali #immigrants in the Minneapolis - #StPaul region, acc/to an official person with knowledge of the plan & documents. The ICE op comes as Trump has used increasingly “inflammatory” [ #racist] language to attack #Somalis in recent days.

#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paul.html?smid=url-share

When asked by a reporter on Thursday what #Somalis had to do with the accused Afghan shooter in DC, #Trump said, “Ah, nothing. But Somalis have caused a lot of trouble.”

Since his first term, Trump has attacked Somalis in derogatory, #xenophobic terms.

#law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

#Minnesota is home to the largest diaspora of #Somalis in the world, a community whose members began migrating to the state in large numbers as the East African nation descended into civil war in the mid-1990s. Immigrant activists & local ofcls say that the vast majority of Minnesotans w/ Somali roots are #US #citizens or #legal permanent residents.

Nationally, about 73% of Somali #immigrants are naturalized US citizens, acc/to the Census Bureau.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #WhiteSupremacy

…While there have not yet been reports of large-scale arrests in the #Minneapolis area, #immigration operations often vary in scale & residents in the city have been on edge amid Trump’s increasingly dark rhetoric.

In recent days, #Trump has moved to end temporary legal protections for #Somalis. Many of them have had the protections for decades under a program for migrants from countries in #crisis.

#law #PoliceBrutality #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

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.

#Trump #law #immigration

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.

#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #Sturmabteilung

Just what #Minneapolis needs, more #PoliceBrutality against #Black people. This time courtesy of #ICE & #CBP. #Trump is desperate to use the #InsurrectionAct.

The Trump admin is set to begin an operation targeting #Somali #immigrants in the Minneapolis - #StPaul region, acc/to an official person with knowledge of the plan & documents. The ICE op comes as Trump has used increasingly “inflammatory” [ #racist] language to attack #Somalis in recent days.

#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paul.html?smid=url-share

Just what #Minneapolis needs, more #PoliceBrutality against #Black people. This time courtesy of #ICE & #CBP. #Trump is desperate to use the #InsurrectionAct.

The Trump admin is set to begin an operation targeting #Somali #immigrants in the Minneapolis - #StPaul region, acc/to an official person with knowledge of the plan & documents. The ICE op comes as Trump has used increasingly “inflammatory” [ #racist] language to attack #Somalis in recent days.

#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/ice-somali-migrants-minneapolis-st-paul.html?smid=url-share