{"id":60368,"date":"2025-12-10T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/somali-americans-are-carrying-proof-of-citizenship-amid-ice-raids\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:29:02","slug":"somali-americans-are-carrying-proof-of-citizenship-amid-ice-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/somali-americans-are-carrying-proof-of-citizenship-amid-ice-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Americans Are Carrying Proof of Citizenship Amid ICE Raids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cBefore, carrying my passport around, I had a feeling of pride, and now I\u2019m carrying it and it has a lot of darkness around it because now I\u2019m just like, \u2018I just want to get home safe to my kids.\u2019\u201d We\u2019re in Minneapolis, days after the Trump administration directed ICE to begin targeting and arresting undocumented Somali migrants in the city. \u201cThe Somalians should be out of here. They\u2019ve destroyed our country. We\u2019re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.\u201d \u201cPeople from Somalia aren\u2019t garbage. When I heard it the first time, it was heartbreaking. Because, not for myself, because I know I\u2019m not.\u201d Munira Maalimisaq runs a primary care clinic in Minneapolis. \u201cTo have the president of the United States say these things, I think it feels like I definitely don\u2019t belong.\u201d Minnesota is home to around 80,000 Somalis, many of whom were either born here or have been here for decades. Over 85 percent of Somalis here are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, but they still worry they could be wrongfully arrested. \u201cPeople are carrying not only their ID, but their passports. No one gets their passports out unless they\u2019re traveling overseas. But now, I\u2019m carrying my passport, right?\u201d This local Somali shopping center would normally be packed on a Thursday afternoon, but today it\u2019s largely deserted. \u201cAmericans like me have to feel like, \u2018OK, I can\u2019t leave without having proper documentation,\u2019 and many people are doing that. My entire life has been public service. I have served in the Army National Guard for six years, and I was elected as the first person of color, the first Muslim, the first Somali, the first of many things, to serve in the City Council in New Brighton. When the president speaks with such vile racist remarks, you feel like you lost some of that American values that this country had.\u201d Back at the clinic, Munira says the fear is also affecting her patients. \u201cWe have no one here today because we were told that ICE is around here. People are choosing to stay home.\u201d The Department of Homeland Security says ICE has arrested at least 19 people in Minneapolis since the raids began, including at least eight Somali nationals accused of serious crimes. It\u2019s not clear if more raids are coming. But for now, Munira\u2019s biggest concern is how the president\u2019s words will affect her children. \u201cAs a mom, not just a mom, but a Somali mom, this is scary time. I worry for my boys. I worry that a teacher may not give them the attention that they deserve. My daughter, I worry for her. How can we get her to blend in a little bit more? Which is hard, right, to tell your kid to hide their own identity? I hope that they know that these words are touching real people and real people that love this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/us\/100000010565397\/somali-americans-citizenship-proof-ice-raids.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBefore, carrying my passport around, I had a feeling of pride, and now I\u2019m carrying it and it has 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