Democratic Minneapolis mayoral candidate and state Sen. Omar Fateh, left, speaks at a news conference alongside U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., right, outside of Minneapolis City Hall on Monday, Oct.

President Trump made inflammatory comments about Somali immigrants living in the U.S on Tuesday. His comments come amid reports that the administration is planning to launch an Immigration and Customs ...

Ali-Guban Mohamed links a recent welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota's Somali community to patterns of corruption under Mohamed Siad Barre's former dictatorship in Somalia. Some former officials and ...

Jason Rantala joined WCCO as a reporter in June 2023. He's a Minnesota native and is thrilled to be telling the stories of those in his hometown. On Sunday, members of Minnesota's Somali community ...

Oregon Senate Majority Leader Kayse Jama, D-Portland, is speaking out against President Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday during a cabinet meeting, when he called Somali immigrants “garbage” and claimed ...

Federal immigration authorities this week began conducting enhanced operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, a U.S. official told CBS News, targeting a region with a large population of the Somali ...

A broad swath of religious leaders packed into a south Minneapolis mosque on Thursday to show solidarity and condemn ongoing attacks from President Donald Trump against Minnesota’s Somali community.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) said Wednesday the Minnesotan Somali community is part of “the fabric of our state,” comments that follow attacks on Somalis from President Trump. “I just watched ...

President Donald Trump says he’s “immediately” ending temporary legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Friday night that he’s “immediately” ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Even for a president who has long made clear he’s no fan of Somalia, the latest round of White House contempt was a shock Wednesday in the country’s largest Somali community. “They ...

President Donald Trump called a bloc of Somali migrants to Minnesota "garbage" who rely too heavily on the U.S. welfare state, as ICE reportedly eyes ramped-up immigration enforcement in the Twin ...

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara apologized to the Somali community for a comment he made connecting "East African kids" to crime. "The Somali community here in Minneapolis has been welcoming and ...