CBS News has confirmed Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations targeting Somali immigrants are underway in the Twin Cities.

The enhanced action comes a day after President Trump said, "I don't want [Somalis] in our country."

Last week, in a Thanksgiving post where he also called Gov. Tim Walz a slur for people with intellectual disabilities, Mr. Trump said Somali refugees are "completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota."

Mr. Trump also previously ordered that all green card holders from Somalia and more than a dozen other countries be reexamined, adding that he would end the temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota.

A U.S. official on Tuesday said ICE was planning to surge resources to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area targeting individuals with

See Full Page