The Trump administration is expanding its immigration raids targeting Somalis in Minneapolis this week, with reports of detentions already made as President Donald Trump spews vitriolic, racist hate against the population of several hundred thousand people in the U.S.

Major outlets, including The New York Times and Associated Press , reported Tuesday that U.S. officials are preparing the raid as a “high-priority sweep.” Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the U.S. The Census Bureau estimates that there is a population of 260,000 Somalis in the U.S., the vast majority of whom were born in the U.S. or are naturalized citizens.

The administration claims it’s targeting “hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants” in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Officials are depl

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