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Trump Says He Doesn't Want Somalis In US, Calls Ilhan Omar "Garbage"
Donald Trump during a lengthy Cabinet meeting on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the US, saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on US social safety net and add little to the United States.
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Illinois Man Found Guilty In 2017 Bombing Of Somali Mosque In US' Minnesota
An Illinois man has been convicted of the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside of Minneapolis that shook the community of Somali immigrants it serves but caused no injuries, federal prosecutors said.
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Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...
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Two Muslim Women Hope To Enter US Congress In Midterm Polls
US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US House of Representatives in a heavily-Democratic district in the Midwestern state of Min...
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Canada Defends Refugee System As Somali Immigrant Charged In Attack
Canada defended its immigration and refugee vetting system on Monday after a Somali immigrant, who had drawn scrutiny for his alleged extremist views, was charged with attempted murder for a weekend vehicle and knife attack that injured five.
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Ohio State Attacker May Have Been Inspired By Overseas Militants: FBI
A Somali immigrant who injured 11 people in an attack at Ohio State University may have been inspired by Islamic State and the late al Qaeda-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an FBI official told a news conference on Wednesday.
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Ohio State Attacker May Have Self-Radicalised: Officials
A Somali immigrant who ploughed into pedestrians at Ohio State University and stabbed others with a butcher knife may have followed the same path to self-radicalisation as militants in a number of "lone wolf" attacks, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump, In Fierce New Broadside, Says Immigrants Pose Hidden Threat
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump launched new attacks on immigrants on Thursday, telling supporters that Somalis and other refugees from "terrorist nations" should be barred entry to the United States.
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Asylum Seeker's Rape Claims Overshadow Australia's Bid for UN Rights Body
Australia's hardline immigration policies overshadowed the launch of its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council today, with the government and rights lawyers arguing bitterly over a pregnant Somali asylum-seeker who claims she was raped.
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Three dead in Minneapolis apartment explosion
A third person injured in an explosion at a Minneapolis apartment building housing Somali immigrants has died, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office said on Saturday.
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Trump Says He Doesn't Want Somalis In US, Calls Ilhan Omar "Garbage"
Donald Trump during a lengthy Cabinet meeting on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the US, saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on US social safety net and add little to the United States.
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Illinois Man Found Guilty In 2017 Bombing Of Somali Mosque In US' Minnesota
An Illinois man has been convicted of the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside of Minneapolis that shook the community of Somali immigrants it serves but caused no injuries, federal prosecutors said.
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Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...
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Two Muslim Women Hope To Enter US Congress In Midterm Polls
US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US House of Representatives in a heavily-Democratic district in the Midwestern state of Min...
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Canada Defends Refugee System As Somali Immigrant Charged In Attack
Canada defended its immigration and refugee vetting system on Monday after a Somali immigrant, who had drawn scrutiny for his alleged extremist views, was charged with attempted murder for a weekend vehicle and knife attack that injured five.
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Ohio State Attacker May Have Been Inspired By Overseas Militants: FBI
A Somali immigrant who injured 11 people in an attack at Ohio State University may have been inspired by Islamic State and the late al Qaeda-linked cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an FBI official told a news conference on Wednesday.
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Ohio State Attacker May Have Self-Radicalised: Officials
A Somali immigrant who ploughed into pedestrians at Ohio State University and stabbed others with a butcher knife may have followed the same path to self-radicalisation as militants in a number of "lone wolf" attacks, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump, In Fierce New Broadside, Says Immigrants Pose Hidden Threat
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump launched new attacks on immigrants on Thursday, telling supporters that Somalis and other refugees from "terrorist nations" should be barred entry to the United States.
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Asylum Seeker's Rape Claims Overshadow Australia's Bid for UN Rights Body
Australia's hardline immigration policies overshadowed the launch of its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council today, with the government and rights lawyers arguing bitterly over a pregnant Somali asylum-seeker who claims she was raped.
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Three dead in Minneapolis apartment explosion
A third person injured in an explosion at a Minneapolis apartment building housing Somali immigrants has died, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office said on Saturday.
