US EditionTrump says he doesn't want Somalis in the US, urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
President Trump urged Somali immigrants to leave the U.S., citing welfare reliance and fraud allegations; Minnesota hosts over 79,000 Somalis, 80% in Twin Cities, per Minnesota Compass.
- The White House is targeting Somalian immigrants in Minnesota following a reported fraud scandal, while President Donald Trump called Rep. Ilhan Omar the `worst 'Congressman/woman'` on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Somalian migrants in Minnesota have defrauded nearly $1 billion in taxpayer funded benefits, framing the claims as a reason to tighten asylum claims and immigration enforcement.
- On Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump posted that Somalian gangs were roving the streets looking for `prey` and attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, saying she was `always wrapped in her swaddling hijab` and questioned her U.S. entry.
- Policy actions came amid enforcement rhetoric as the administration terminated TPS for Haitian immigrants the day before Thanksgiving and said some who committed crimes `must go back`.
- Since last week, President Donald Trump has escalated immigration rhetoric, deepening tensions with Minnesota leaders after singling out Somalians and insulting Gov. Tim Walz.
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"Somalia stinks, and I don't want any Somalis in my country." With these derogatory remarks, the American president strongly criticized the African country and the Somali community in the US. "I'm going to be honest: they don't contribute anything, and I want them out of the country." Meanwhile, the Trump administration is ramping up deportations in Minnesota, where many (undocumented) Somali immigrants live.
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Crooks and LiarsTrump calls Somalis ‘garbage’ he doesn’t want in the country - The Boston Globe
Even for President Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.
At a meeting on Tuesday, December 2, Donald Trump violently attacked Somalia and its nationals, accusing Somali migrants of harming the United States after a fraud scandal in Minnesota.
Trump launches tirade against ‘garbage’ Somali immigrants in US
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday weighed in on a social services fraud case involving the Somali diaspora in the Democrat-run state of Minnesota. In heated remarks, Trump described Somali Americans as "garbage" and declared, "we don't want them in our country". Trump has a long history of deriding US immigrants from Global South countries.
Somali immigrants in Minnesota are Trump’s next target
When President Donald Trump was posed a question about how Afghans in the US legally might feel about his decision to pause issuing visas for them after the suspected shooter of National Guard members was identified as an Afghan national, he took aim at another country in the same breath: Somalia.
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