Overview
- DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said a deportation surge began this week in Minneapolis, with apprehensions reported in Cedar-Riverside.
- Foot traffic at Karmel Mall dropped sharply as residents stayed home, with shopkeepers reporting major losses and some residents carrying passports out of fear.
- A multifaith group of imams, pastors, and rabbis gathered in South Minneapolis to denounce the President’s language and express solidarity with Somali residents.
- Somali community leaders proposed establishing a national Somali Heritage Month in June, urged public statements of support, and set Dec. 13 for a day of action.
- The Justice Department’s COVID-relief case has produced at least 77 charges and 56 guilty pleas plus a ringleader’s conviction, while Ilhan Omar called the President’s remarks racist, Islamophobic and xenophobic and DHS stressed enforcement is based on immigration violations.