Trump Lashes Out at Somalis in US

 The Wall Street Journal published on 2 December 2025 an article titled "Trump Says He Doesn't Want Somali Immigrants in U.S. as ICE Plans Operation" by Michelle Hackman, Natalie Andrews, and Jack Morphet.  

President Trump said he does not want immigrants from Somalia in the country ahead of an expected ICE operation in Minnesota, where the Somali American community is concentrated.  Last month, Trump said he would revoke Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota.  

He referred to Somali American elected member of Congress, Ilhan Omar, as "garbage."  Omar responded that "his obsession with me is creepy" and "I hope he gets the help he desperately needs." 

Somali-American Youth Group Turns Down USG Grant

The Voice of America ran a brief article on 2 February 2017 titled "Somali-American Youth Group Rejects Nearly $500K from Government" by Harun Maruf and Dan Joseph.

The Department of Homeland Security awarded just under $500,000 last month to a Somali-American youth group dedicated to the prevention of extremism and known as Ka Joog, which means "stay away" as stay away from extremism. The group turned down the grant because of what it calls the new administration's anti-Muslim policies.