Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, speaking during a press briefing in New York last week. Ms. Noem characterized the deployment of federal agents to Minneapolis as a mission “to uncover the true corruption and theft that has happened.”
A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
In recent months, foot traffic and sales at Somali owned businesses in and around Karmel Mall have sharply declined following recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the area.