As federal authorities under the direction of President Donald Trump prepare an enforcement operation targeted at Somali immigrants in Minnesota, local leaders and members of the Somali community Tuesday pushed back against what they see as an effort to sow “division and chaos.”

Last month the Trump administration suspended Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota — of which there are estimated to be around 400. Now immigration enforcement actions are expected in the Twin Cities for those with deportation orders.

Kassim Busuri, a former appointee to the St. Paul City Council who was born in Somalia, described the planned enforcement action as a political stunt, as only a few hundred of the 80,000 or so Somalis in Minnesota have TPS.

“We know Donald Trump is just pla

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