A crowd of hundreds gathered at a St. Cloud strip mall parking lot to observe more than two dozen ICE officers near some Somali-owned businesses.
📷️: Jenny Berg
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January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
A crowd of hundreds gathered at a St. Cloud strip mall parking lot to observe more than two dozen ICE officers near some Somali-owned businesses.
📷️: Jenny Berg
📷️: Jenny Berg
"A man on a loudspeaker urged the crowd to 'let them leave.'
After more than an hour, the crowd parted and federal vehicles trickled from the lot.
As the last vehicle left, a few people banged on the hood before the driver sped away..."
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After more than an hour, the crowd parted and federal vehicles trickled from the lot.
As the last vehicle left, a few people banged on the hood before the driver sped away..."
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Hundreds clash with ICE outside Somali mall in St. Cloud
People blocked federal agents’ vehicles in the parking lot outside several Somali-owned businesses.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"A man on a loudspeaker urged the crowd to 'let them leave.'
After more than an hour, the crowd parted and federal vehicles trickled from the lot.
As the last vehicle left, a few people banged on the hood before the driver sped away..."
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After more than an hour, the crowd parted and federal vehicles trickled from the lot.
As the last vehicle left, a few people banged on the hood before the driver sped away..."
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This wasn't even one of the daycares featured. People are targeting Somali owned daycares to terrorize our neighbors. The burglar here stole employee files and personal data.
MN GOP openly admitted today that they conspired with the racist YouTuber who ginned up these racist attacks
Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care in south Minneapolis
The break-in comes in the aftermath of a viral video alleging fraud by several Somali child care centers.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This wasn't even one of the daycares featured. People are targeting Somali owned daycares to terrorize our neighbors. The burglar here stole employee files and personal data.
The president is all-but encouraging pogroms against specific Somali-owned businesses, on the grounds that they serve customers who pay in food stamps (much like countless Walmarts in heavily Republican rural areas)
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The president is all-but encouraging pogroms against specific Somali-owned businesses, on the grounds that they serve customers who pay in food stamps (much like countless Walmarts in heavily Republican rural areas)
I filmed this FBI raid of an allegedly fraudulent Somali owned business outside of Minneapolis almost two weeks ago. The New York Times and KARE 11 were also there.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
FBI raids Somali-owned home health agency amid Minnesota Medicaid fraud probe
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December 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I filmed this FBI raid of an allegedly fraudulent Somali owned business outside of Minneapolis almost two weeks ago. The New York Times and KARE 11 were also there.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
OH RIGHT the one that's Somali owned and located downtown?
I think it's the Minneapolis Wal-Mart?
January 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
OH RIGHT the one that's Somali owned and located downtown?
The vast majority of Somali Americans are citizens! This day care isn’t foreign owned, it’s almost certainly owned by American citizens! Providing day care for fellow citizens. Because that’s a common job.
December 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The vast majority of Somali Americans are citizens! This day care isn’t foreign owned, it’s almost certainly owned by American citizens! Providing day care for fellow citizens. Because that’s a common job.
Supporters rallied on Minneapolis’ East Lake Street — a vibrant corridor of Mexican, Somali and other immigrant-owned businesses — packing the area on a grey and cold winter afternoon. They carried signs reading “All are welcome here” and “Immigrants Make America Great.”
Demonstrators protest Trump's 'dystopian' immigration policies, promise to fight back
Demonstrators rallied on Minneapolis’ East Lake Street — a vibrant corridor of Mexican, Somali and other immigrant-owned businesses — packing the area on a grey and cold winter afternoon. They carried...
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February 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Supporters rallied on Minneapolis’ East Lake Street — a vibrant corridor of Mexican, Somali and other immigrant-owned businesses — packing the area on a grey and cold winter afternoon. They carried signs reading “All are welcome here” and “Immigrants Make America Great.”
I’m at Albi Kitchen on Nicollet and they could definitely use more support these days. We need to work hard to keep our Somali-owned businesses afloat while the community is being targeted.
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’m at Albi Kitchen on Nicollet and they could definitely use more support these days. We need to work hard to keep our Somali-owned businesses afloat while the community is being targeted.
Republicans don’t care who theyhurt.
Minnesota GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth went to Nick Shirley to target Somali-owned daycares, feeding racist fraud narratives. Now all federal childcare funding is frozen. This was about scapegoating families of color and now everyone pays for their hate.
Minnesota GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth went to Nick Shirley to target Somali-owned daycares, feeding racist fraud narratives. Now all federal childcare funding is frozen. This was about scapegoating families of color and now everyone pays for their hate.
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Republicans don’t care who theyhurt.
Minnesota GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth went to Nick Shirley to target Somali-owned daycares, feeding racist fraud narratives. Now all federal childcare funding is frozen. This was about scapegoating families of color and now everyone pays for their hate.
Minnesota GOP Speaker Lisa Demuth went to Nick Shirley to target Somali-owned daycares, feeding racist fraud narratives. Now all federal childcare funding is frozen. This was about scapegoating families of color and now everyone pays for their hate.
albi kitchen are now open at 14th and nicollet in loring park! somali owned cafe, the sambusas are really great & come with a spicy sauce. i had a pistachio iced drink that was good. lots more food & drinks available
August 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
albi kitchen are now open at 14th and nicollet in loring park! somali owned cafe, the sambusas are really great & come with a spicy sauce. i had a pistachio iced drink that was good. lots more food & drinks available
A Hampton Inn in Lakeville, Minnesota, canceled reservations for DHS & ICE agents probing alleged fraud at Somali-owned daycare centers, citing an unwillingness to host immigration enforcement.
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A Hampton Inn in Lakeville, Minnesota, canceled reservations for DHS & ICE agents probing alleged fraud at Somali-owned daycare centers, citing an unwillingness to host immigration enforcement.
ICE agents have been turning up in cars around Somali-owned businesses and schools that teach children from immigrant backgrounds. Rightwing so-called “influencers”, including leaders at Turning Point USA, have followed suit.
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Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’
ICE launched ‘Operation Buckeye’ and ‘influencers’ claimed Somalis are running fraudulent businesses after Trump repeatedly used racist language against group in December
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March 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
ICE agents have been turning up in cars around Somali-owned businesses and schools that teach children from immigrant backgrounds. Rightwing so-called “influencers”, including leaders at Turning Point USA, have followed suit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order blocking federal, state and local agencies from using any city-owned lots to stage immigration enforcement operations.
Minneapolis bars immigration enforcement staging on city-owned lots
Mayor Jacob Frey’s executive order responds to reports of planned federal actions targeting Somali immigrants.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order blocking federal, state and local agencies from using any city-owned lots to stage immigration enforcement operations.
Abdi Abdullahi of St. Cloud said people started gathering at the Star City Mall parking lot after agents detained a man coming out of a deli. More federal agents, as well as local police, then responded after residents blocked ICE vehicles in the parking lot.
Hundreds clash with ICE outside Somali mall in St. Cloud
People blocked federal agents’ vehicles in the parking lot outside several Somali-owned businesses.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Abdi Abdullahi of St. Cloud said people started gathering at the Star City Mall parking lot after agents detained a man coming out of a deli. More federal agents, as well as local police, then responded after residents blocked ICE vehicles in the parking lot.
Garland's DOJ was probing the fraud and getting charges and convictions, which it announced in press releases. Patel's FBI filmed a couple of FBI agents walking into Somali-owned businesses and, in their information environment, it's packaged as them finally doing what Dems REFUSED to do.
December 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Garland's DOJ was probing the fraud and getting charges and convictions, which it announced in press releases. Patel's FBI filmed a couple of FBI agents walking into Somali-owned businesses and, in their information environment, it's packaged as them finally doing what Dems REFUSED to do.
Yep, and Nick Shirley has been debunked by CBS News
CBS News Debunks YouTuber Nick Shirley’s Fraud Claims About Somali-Owned Daycare Centers
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CBS News Debunks YouTuber Nick Shirley’s Fraud Claims About Somali-Owned Daycare Centers
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CBS News Debunks YouTuber Nick Shirley's Fraud Claims About Somali-Owned Daycare Centers
CBS News and WCCO debunked right winger YouTuber Nick Shirley’s false claims about Somali-American daycare centers committing “fraud” in Minnesota. Wow. CBS News Minnesota blows up Nick Shirley’s frau...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Yep, and Nick Shirley has been debunked by CBS News
CBS News Debunks YouTuber Nick Shirley’s Fraud Claims About Somali-Owned Daycare Centers
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CBS News Debunks YouTuber Nick Shirley’s Fraud Claims About Somali-Owned Daycare Centers
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The payment, for "outreach and engagement," went to a company owned by Eastside for Hire founder Abdul Yusuf, an advocate for ridershare drivers and a political force in Seattle's Somali community. Harrell's camp ignored our questions about what the money was for.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The payment, for "outreach and engagement," went to a company owned by Eastside for Hire founder Abdul Yusuf, an advocate for ridershare drivers and a political force in Seattle's Somali community. Harrell's camp ignored our questions about what the money was for.
Nick Shirley exposing more fraud at Somali owned "Learing" center. Its supposed to say "Learning".
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December 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Nick Shirley exposing more fraud at Somali owned "Learing" center. Its supposed to say "Learning".
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Awesome that this is an “attack” on the church. Whereas calling in a bomb threat to a Somali-owned daycare is just another Thursday for Pam
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
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lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
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January 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Awesome that this is an “attack” on the church. Whereas calling in a bomb threat to a Somali-owned daycare is just another Thursday for Pam
Within moments of arriving to protest a massive ICE presence in a shopping mall with Somali-owned businesses, armed agents got out of a car nearby. When her gf Sofia asked what the guns were for, an agent shoved her.
“I say, ‘Don't shove my fucking girlfriend,’ and he shoves me,” Alice recalled.
“I say, ‘Don't shove my fucking girlfriend,’ and he shoves me,” Alice recalled.
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Within moments of arriving to protest a massive ICE presence in a shopping mall with Somali-owned businesses, armed agents got out of a car nearby. When her gf Sofia asked what the guns were for, an agent shoved her.
“I say, ‘Don't shove my fucking girlfriend,’ and he shoves me,” Alice recalled.
“I say, ‘Don't shove my fucking girlfriend,’ and he shoves me,” Alice recalled.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday signed an executive order blocking federal, state and local agencies from using any city-owned parking lots, ramps, garages or vacant lots to stage immigration enforcement operations.
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Minneapolis bars immigration enforcement staging on city-owned lots
Mayor Jacob Frey’s executive order responds to reports of planned federal actions targeting Somali immigrants.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday signed an executive order blocking federal, state and local agencies from using any city-owned parking lots, ramps, garages or vacant lots to stage immigration enforcement operations.
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Trump has targeted Minnesota's Somali population in his allegations of widespread fraud in the state, echoing claims by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley. In December, Shirley posted videos of him going to Somali-owned daycares and clinics discussing fraud.
Shirley's claims have been debunked.
Shirley's claims have been debunked.
Federal agents raiding Minneapolis businesses in fraud investigation - UPI.com
Federal agents have again descended upon Minneapolis Tuesday, this time to raid businesses as part of an investigation into welfare fraud.
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April 29, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Trump has targeted Minnesota's Somali population in his allegations of widespread fraud in the state, echoing claims by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley. In December, Shirley posted videos of him going to Somali-owned daycares and clinics discussing fraud.
Shirley's claims have been debunked.
Shirley's claims have been debunked.
One of the Somali-owned daycare centers in Minneapolis that was targeted by Nick Shirley had a licensing violation in February because "there was more than a 36-month age range in a mixed age group." The crux of Shirley's argument is that there are no children at all in these daycare centers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
One of the Somali-owned daycare centers in Minneapolis that was targeted by Nick Shirley had a licensing violation in February because "there was more than a 36-month age range in a mixed age group." The crux of Shirley's argument is that there are no children at all in these daycare centers.
Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order that prohibits “federal, state, and local agencies from using any City-owned parking lots, ramps, garages, or vacant lots to stage civil immigration enforcement operations.”
Minneapolis mayor acts to deter possible federal crackdown as Somali community braces for ICE
Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order that would prohibit the use of city property to stage immigration operations. The action comes as members of the Somali community in the Twin Cities report s...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order that prohibits “federal, state, and local agencies from using any City-owned parking lots, ramps, garages, or vacant lots to stage civil immigration enforcement operations.”