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Why is Trump waging war on Somali immigrants?
Just before Christmas, US President Donald Trump launched yet another xenophobic and dehumanising assault on Somali immigrants in Minnesota, dismissing them as unwanted “garbage” and insisting that Somali gangs were “taking over” the state, “roving the streets” and “looking for prey.” Shortly afterwards, he flooded Minneapolis and St Paul with thousands of federal agents in…