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💡Fun Facts

• 1Minneapolis is home to one of the largest Somali diasporas in the United States, making federal immigration and fraud operations there especially sensitive and high-profile.[1][2][3]
• 2Mayor Jacob Frey has repeatedly held press briefings specifically to reassure Somali residents that the city stands with them when reports surface of targeted federal enforcement actions.[1][2]
• 3Recent reports describe one incident where ICE agents violently slammed a Somali-American man against a gate despite his repeated claims that he was a U.S. citizen, footage that Frey publicly condemned as “violence” and “crap” the city would not tolerate.[1]
• 4National outlets like Forbes and the New York Post have carried Frey’s remarks, turning what might be a local Minneapolis story into a national flashpoint in the immigration debate.[1][2]
• 5Parallel to the immigration raids, Minnesota has been under scrutiny for major fraud cases—some involving funds allegedly sent overseas—which federal officials cite as part of the rationale for their expanded operations.[3][4]