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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump calls Somalis in Minneapolis ‘garbage’ who ‘come from Hell’ as ICE plans hundreds of arrests

Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to arrest hundreds of Somali immigrants in Minneapolis after the president responded to the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., with sweeping restrictions on immigration.

In remarks at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump said Somalia is “barely a country” and accused refugees in Minnesota of having “ripped off that state for billions of dollars, every year, and they contribute nothing.”

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