For Somalis in St. Cloud, ICE’s surge eroded years of hard-earned trust

By: Brian Arola

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 1,565

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Early on after resettling in the U.S. in 2009, Abdi Daisane talked to family members abroad about a welcome difference in his new country.

Unlike in the Kenyan refugee camp where he and his family fled to from Somalia, he didn’t need to carry immigration documents around all the time. He didn’t feel like he lived on a border patrolled by agents who could demand his papers because of how he …

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