In the days since the president said he would be ending a legal immigration status program for Somalis in Minnesota , local elected officials and community members said they will fight back.

On Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he would be “terminating, effective immediately” temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Trump wrote that Minnesota was a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity”. “Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!” he wrote.

Community advocates said the rhetoric smearing all Somalis is inaccurate and puts them at risk. They worry about increased targeting for immigration enforcement and demonization of the Somali community.

The move comes after several high-profile instances of fraud in state programs including by Somali residents

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