“They may die:” Allen Orr criticizes Trump’s targeting of Somali immigrants

Well, the latest targets in Donald Trump's escalating immigration crackdown are the Somali community in Minneapolis. Most Somali Americans arrived in the 1990s as refugees fleeing famine and civil war. More than 76,000 people of Somali descent lived in Minnesota in 2024. That's the largest Somali community in the United States. The majority of them were either born here or are naturalized citizens. According to the Census Bureau, around 700 Somali across the nation remain under temporary protected status, w ...