Caught On Camera: Repeat Attacker Targets Fairfax Mosque, CAIR Calls For Hate Crime Charges – Daily Voice
“This individual has once again allegedly attacked the Somali-American community at the same Virginia mosque,” said CAIR attorney Ahmad Kaki. “Local and federal authorities must hold him fully accountable.”
CAIR-MN: In Minneapolis, a U.S. citizen in a chokehold becomes a symbol of Trump’s crackdown on Somalis – Hiiraan Jounral
CAIR-MN: As ICE agents flood the Twin Cities, immigrants and citizens alike are caught in the crossfire – Minnesota Daily
It is also unclear exactly who is being targeted. Despite the Trump administration’s stated goal of removing undocumented immigrants from the country, the majority of Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens, and even more are permanent residents.
That has left many American citizens of Somali descent in the Twin Cities fearful for their safety. According to Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, that is the point.
“The majority of people who are concerned are U.S. citizens, because that’s the majority [of the population],” Hussein said. “To target a community, call them garbage and then to send the police after them with a mission they cannot be successful at — because the majority of the people are citizens — tells you that this is a targeted attack against the black community.”