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Federal authorities are carrying out intensified operations this week in Minnesota as President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on the Somali community in the state. The administration halted green card and citizenship applications from Somalis and people from 18 other countries after last week’s fatal shooting near the White House. During a recent Cabinet meeting, Trump went on a racist tirade against the Somali community, saying, “We don’t want them in our country,” and referring to Somali immigrants as “garbage.” Minnesota has the largest Somali community in the United States, and the vast majority of the estimated 80,000 residents in the state are American citizens or legal permanent residents.
“We have seen vile things that the president has said, but in these moments, we need to come together and respond,” says Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of CAIR-Minnesota. He also highlights the connections between Trump’s targeting of the community and foreign policy. “If you demonize Muslims, then you can get away with killing Muslims abroad. This has always been the case, from the Afghanistan War to the Iraq War.”
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85 plus and still acting cool Trump
Trump is correct calling Somalia garbage
Trump number 1
Go trump
MUSLIMS NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER THE WHOLE STATE THE ARE DISGRACE CHEATING THE GOVERMENT TAX PAYERS MONEY SCAM THE AMERICANS AND FUNDED SEND MONEY TO SOMALIA TRAITORS
Why don't they do well in their country? No billions of tax dollars in their country? Never mind Donald Trump.where is the billions of Americans tax dollars?
But Trump stinks😮
When you somalians leave, take Trump with you !
Damn 😮
Trump been hanging out with to many rappers 😂
Trump is right. Biden called half of the country garbage, Trump only called the Somalian community garbage..
What a propaganda piece…, trust me no Americans are jealous of the “Somalians success”… at what looting the tax payers ?
Trumps comment concerning Somalians ,he should get a public warning from Congress,no president should make sucht speech.
Your people are. It black lol
They have no sympathy from me and probably none from Black people who they have denounced
OH, NOW YOU'ALL WANT TO BE BLACK
They are garbage not racism characterism
The issue is about the steal. You people Somalis stole millions of dollars and you are not talking about it. You are bringing in Islam, success etc -What do you mean?
By the way, you refer to yourself as black. In Africa you don’t call yourself black, you call yourself Arabs.
This lucklaster interviewer is a disgrace too.
Yes I agree with Jalani…the extremist Hindu-ist are anti Black African, US-Isreali are causing these endlist wars and destructions, this is blantant systemic racism.
Truth hurts
Somalis are not black so stop saying that. You are not us and you made that very clear for the past 30 years. Dont drag us into your mess!!!
Lock him up
We no Black
Somali needs to not use the black card we have nothing in common you all let the enemy into the government America good luck dummies
Racism? they are racist religionist and nationalists
Donald Trump 👏 you are garbage. MAGA
Go back to sampling if u don't like it
Naw dude, not Black Americans, Somali Americans. Don’t switch up now.
And it hurts like brand new shoes. 🇿🇦✊
This man in this video is so fake & phony. Somalis brag about not being Black they say they are Arabs & Muslims. Now that there under attack they wannabe Black & try to draw Black Americans into this 😂
Racism????? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Racism??? 😂😂😂😂 removing illegal immigrants is law and order. Its that simple. Obama deported 2.3 million illegal immigrants. Were they outraged????😂😂😂😂😂😂 legal immigration. They have to be productive and assimilate. A shot at the american dream is a privilege not a right
They are not interested in assimilation or coexistence. If your not Muslim your an enemy unless you convert. More often than not