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The Department of Homeland Security and multiple U.S. outlets reported that ICE agent Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding after the Jan. 7 Minneapolis encounter in which he shot Renee Good, but o...
Available reporting does not provide a reliable, nationwide comparison of welfare participation rates for Somali immigrants versus other immigrant groups; claims that “the welfare is like 88%” for Som...
Available reporting and official statements show no recent criminal arrest or charging of Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2024–2025; the most clearly documented arrests were a 2013 Minneapolis trespass incident an...
The ’s president, , publicly stated that four homeless men living under a bridge in were detained by and identified them as enrolled members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe . Tribal officials and local repo...
Multiple local news outlets and eyewitness accounts report that federal agents deployed chemical agents during confrontations in Minneapolis and that a family traveling in a van — including a 6‑month‑...
Available reporting does not provide a single, definitive annual dollar figure for how much Minnesota government pays to Somalian immigrants; estimates and assertions vary widely across outlets and ad...
Available reporting does not provide a single, authoritative percentage for “what percentage of Somalis voted for Trump.” Multiple outlets document that some Somali and Somali‑American voters supporte...
The best available 2025 city-level estimates point to Minneapolis as by far the largest concentration of Somalia-born residents in Minnesota, followed at a distance by St. Paul and St. Cloud; smaller ...
Multiple local and national outlets report that a Minneapolis family with six children — including a 6‑month‑old — were enveloped by smoke and concussive munitions during a chaotic federal law‑enforce...
Multiple news outlets report that a Minneapolis family says federal agents deployed tear gas and stun/flash grenades at their vehicle, leading to three children — including a 6‑month‑old infant — bein...
The Oglala Sioux Tribe’s president first reported that four enrolled tribal members were detained in Minneapolis and later said three of those men had been transferred to ICE custody at Fort Snelling,...
Multiple mainstream outlets report that a man named David Easterwood is listed as a pastor at Cities Church in St. Paul and that a David Easterwood has served as the acting field office director for U...
Ice and DHS have publicly released counts, named lists and individualized criminal-history summaries as the centerpiece of their communications about Operation Metro Surge — touting thousands of arres...
Available public reporting does not provide a verifiable, up‑to‑the‑minute count of “ presently in ”; open claims range from specific tallies tied to DHS/ enforcement lists to state corrections data t...
Reporting does not support a single, independently verified count of “illegal aliens arrested for crime in ”; federal releases and local media give different totals that range from hundreds to several...
There is no reliable evidence in the provided reporting that Rep. Ilhan Omar currently faces federal criminal charges; multiple fact-checks and major outlets state she is not under criminal indictment...
Major mainstream fact‑checkers and news organizations report that claims Ilhan Omar was widely arrested or deported are false or unproven: Reuters and PolitiFact find she was not “arrested 23 times” b...
state law contains no statute that expressly forbids individuals with a valid permit to carry from having firearms—loaded or not—at public demonstrations, and Minnesota is not listed among states that...
Public records connected to ’s 2009 marriage and 2017 divorce are maintained by and have been cited in contemporary reporting: Hennepin County issued or holds a 2009 marriage certificate for Ilhan Oma...
Available reporting shows prosecutors have charged a large share of defendants in recent Minnesota welfare and pandemic-aid fraud cases who are identified as Somali or of Somali descent — many stories...