Trump’s Fight With Minnesota Is About More Than Immigration
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Minneapolis, despite a relatively low immigrant population, has become a focus of President Trump's recent anti-immigration raids, influenced by political and social factors including Governor Tim Walz, a 2024 presidential rival, and a recent fraud scandal.
- The city's Somali community, Minnesota's second-largest immigrant group, has been a source of tension since at least 2008, when a Minneapolis-born Somali man joined the militant group Al Shabab and carried out an attack in Somalia.
- Over the past decade, many young men from Minnesota's Somali community have been involved with extremist groups like Al Shabab and the Islamic State, contributing to local and national security concerns.
- Minnesota has a long history as a refuge for immigrants and refugees,
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