Somali Media

01/12/2026

Billionaire Rewards ICE Officer Who Shot Renee Good & #8211; Sparks Outrage as Donations Pour In

The decision by billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman to donate $10,000 to a fundraiser supporting the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good has ignited a national backlash, raising painful questions about power, accountability, and whose lives are valued in moments of state violence. Re...

01/12/2026

Emergency Hearing Sought After Minnesota Lawmakers Barred From ICE Facility

Members of Congress from Minnesota have requested an emergency court hearing after they were blocked from entering a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.

01/11/2026

Crowd Takes to the Streets for Protest March in Minneapolis

As more snow covers the ground, hundreds of people are marching on the icy pavement in Minneapolis to protest the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good. Repeated chants of Good’s name echoed through Powderhorn Park this afternoon, along with community members’ demands for ICE to leave the city. Atten...

01/10/2026

Congressional Visit to Fort Snelling Immigration Detention Facility Cut Short

A surprise visit by U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison, and Angie Craig to the immigration detention center at Fort Snelling was abruptly halted on Saturday morning when Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees ordered them to leave. During their brief time inside the facility, M...

01/10/2026

SHIR JARAAID DUQA MAG MINNEAPOLIS JECOB FREY & TALIYAHA BOOLIISKA MAGAALADDA

01/08/2026

ICE Detains Staff Member at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis

Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes for Thursday and Friday after U.S. Border Patrol agents detained a staff member outside Roosevelt High School on Wednesday. The staff member, a special education assistant and U.S. citizen, was taken to the Whipple Federal Building and released later that....

01/07/2026

FALANQAYN: xaaladahii Ugu Danbeeyey ee Dilkii ICE ee Minneapolis iyo Dareenka Soomaalida gobolka Minnesota.

01/07/2026

ICE agents shot and killed a woman during the Minneapolis Immigration crackdown.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed today that a woman was shot and killed by a Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a confrontation between federal agents and protesters in Minneapolis. Spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said ICE officers “were conducting targeted operations” w...

01/05/2026

Walz, Democrats’ 2024 VP pick, drops bid for third term as Minnesota governor; Klobuchar considers

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president in 2024, has decided to end his campaign for a third term as governor due to the ongoing focus from President Donald Trump on a fraud investigation involving the state's child care programs. Just months after launching his reel...

01/05/2026

2025: AI& #8217;s Year of Real Impact and Everyday Magic

By Nuur Sh Ismail If 2023 was the year we met the chatbot and 2024 taught us multimodality, 2025 will forever be remembered as the Year of the Agent, the year AI finally stopped just talking and started doing. 2025 felt like the moment AI finally grew up. 2023 gave us the first “wow” chatbots,

01/03/2026

Understanding Somali Community Life in Minnesota: Contribution, Culture, and the Danger of Collective Blame

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States. Over several decades, Somali Americans have built families, businesses, institutions, and political representation that are now an integral part of the state’s social and economic landscape. Yet in recent months, public discou...

01/02/2026

Fraud, Citizenship, and the Rule of Law: What Somali Americans Need to Know

Recent statements from the White House regarding the possible denaturalization of Somali Americans convicted in the Minnesota fraud scandal have raised fear, confusion, and anger across Somali communities in the United States and abroad. While fraud is a serious crime that must be prosecuted, the pu...