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( NewsNation ) — Somali nationals living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area will be the target of Immigration and Customs Enforcement strike teams in an upcoming immigration enforcement operation, Department of Homeland Security sources confirmed to NewsNation on Tuesday.

Sources said that ICE strike teams will be carrying out the operations in the Twin Cities, where other people could be swept up as “collateral” arrests. Minnesota is home to the country’s largest Somali community, with about 107,000 residents as of 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau data .

The bureau reports that nationally, 73% of Somali immigrants are n

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