A new phase has begun in the removing of illegal aliens from our streets. ICE is now going after Somali illegal aliens in Minnesota, which is long overdue.
The Trump administration is launching an aggressive ICE operation in Minnesota’s Twin Cities this week aimed primarily at undocumented Somali nationals with final deportation orders, according to an official and internal documents reviewed by The New York Times on Tuesday.
The push — which follows the White House highlighting a taxpayer-fraud case tied to members of Minnesota’s Somali community — will surge “strike teams” of federal officers into Minneapolis and St. Paul, with roughly 100 agents brought in from around the country, the Times reported.
“What makes someone a target of ICE is not their race or ethnicity, but the fact that they are in the country illegally,” Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told the Daily Caller, declining to discuss “future or potential operations.”
The enforcement directive came as President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric about Somalis in the U.S., the Times reported, and will focus largely on those with final removal orders while potentially sweeping up others whose immigration cases are pending. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz slammed the plan as an “indiscriminately targeting” stunt.