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News Wrap: ICE plans operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minnesota

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration is preparing an immigration enforcement operation that would primarily target hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in Minnesota, Michael Dell pledged a $6.25 billion donation to the Trump administration with the funds designated for investment accounts for children and Pope Leo completed his first trip abroad as pontiff. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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In the day's other headlines, the Trump administration is preparing an immigration enforcement

0:04.7

operation that would primarily target hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Twin

0:09.8

Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. According to press reports, the operation could begin

0:14.5

within days. The move comes as President Trump has disparaged Somalis with increasingly

0:19.8

inflammatory rhetoric, including in today's

0:22.4

lengthy cabinet meeting at the White House. The president made a point of singling out Minnesota

0:27.0

Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who is Somali.

0:31.2

We're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.

0:35.9

Elon Omar is garbage. She's garbage.

0:39.3

Her friends are garbage.

0:41.3

We don't want them in our country.

0:43.3

Let them go back to where they came from and fix it.

0:46.3

Local officials, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry,

0:49.3

forcefully condemned both Mr. Trump's comments and the impending operation. Minnesota is home to the nation's largest Somali community.

0:58.0

Michael Dell, the billionaire founder of Dell Technologies and his wife

1:02.0

have pledged more than $6 billion to the Trump administration,

1:05.0

with the funds designated for investment accounts for children known as Trump accounts.

1:10.0

We believe the smartest investment that we can make is an investment in children.

1:15.3

Adele's donation will provide $250 each to 25 million eligible children under the age of 10,

1:21.6

who live in zip codes where the median household income falls below $150,000.

1:31.3

Mr. Trump's tax bill created the accounts, which will be rolled out next summer. Withdrawals from the accounts cannot be made until a child turns 18.

1:35.3

The Pentagon today held its first briefing in nearly half a year as it faces bipartisan backlash

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