Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Source: Associated Press
Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
By MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Updated 6:56 PM EST, December 9, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown targeting the community.
City Council Member Jamal Osman, a Somali American who represents the neighborhood, witnessed the confrontation, as did an Associated Press videographer.
Minnesota’s Somali community — the largest in the U.S. — has been on edge the past couple of weeks since President Donald Trump said in a social media post Thanksgiving night that he was terminating Temporary Protected Status for them.
It is not clear how many Somali community members have been arrested, temporarily detained or asked to show documents as part of the crackdown, which has also netted people of other nationalities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said via email that they made no arrests in the neighborhood Tuesday, but provided no further details.
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