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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...
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 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...
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...
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 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, authoritative percentage for “what percentage of Somalis voted for Trump.” Multiple outlets document that some Somali and Somali‑American voters supporte...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Available reporting does not provide a single, authoritative count of how many Somali families in the Twin Cities use SNAP (food stamp) benefits; news coverage and public-data pieces give population t...
Kamala Harris received roughly 75.0–75.1 million votes, about 48.4% of the national popular vote in the 2024 presidential contest, while Donald Trump received about 77.3 million votes and roughly 49.9...
The major U.S. news networks framed the attack on Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman as a and provided sustained, multi‑platform coverage focused on the suspect’s alleged hit list, the victims’ identit...
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...
’s frame-by-frame timestamp read of ’s horizontal video homed in on micro-details—especially the positioning of the ICE agent’s gun and phone and the fact that the agent’s phone appeared to show a cam...
There is no clear evidence in the provided reporting that an elected sheriff resigned; the dominant news items instead describe county sheriffs collectively voting in Commissioner and calling for his ...