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Tim Walz slams Trump for calling Minnesota’s Somali community ‘garbage’: ‘Unprecedented’

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday for describing the state’s Somali community as «garbage.»

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Walz said Trump’s statements of contempt for the state’s Somali community were «unprecedented for a United States president.»

«We’ve got little children going to school today who their president called them garbage,» the blue state governor said.

Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the country, with about 84,000 people in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area of Somali descent. Nearly 60% of Somalis in the state were born in the U.S., while 87% of the foreign-born Somalis are naturalized U.S. citizens.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticized President Donald Trump for describing the state’s Somali community as «garbage.» (Getty Images)

Trump’s comments about Somalis in the state have intensified after the City Journal, a conservative news outlet, claimed last month that taxpayer dollars from defrauded government programs have been sent to the Somali militant group al-Shabab, an affiliate of al-Qaida.

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The alleged ringleader of the fraud scheme is white, but dozens of people in the Somali community have reportedly been involved.

On Thanksgiving, Trump said Minnesota was «a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity» and that he was terminating Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in the state.

On Tuesday, the president said at a Cabinet meeting that he did not want Somali immigrants to remain in the U.S.

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«We can go one way or the other, and we’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country,» he said.

During the meeting, he also called Somalia-born Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., «garbage» and said Somalia «stinks.»

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Gov. Tim Walz said President Donald Trump’s statements of contempt for the state’s Somali community were «unprecedented for a United States president.» (Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

On Wednesday, Trump said Minnesota had become a «hellhole» because of the Somali community.

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«Somalians should be out of here,» he told reporters. «They’ve destroyed our country.»

The Trump administration launched immigration enforcement operations targeting migrants living among Minnesota’s Somali community.

«Demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity, a very group of people who contribute to the vitality — economic, cultural — of this state is something I was hoping we’d never have to see,» Walz told reporters during a briefing on the state’s budget. «This is on top of all the other vile comments.»

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Republican legislative leaders have been reluctant to condemn Trump’s remarks, although some did suggest he went too far. They also contended that the dispute would not have happened if Walz had acted more effectively to stop fraud in social service programs.

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Republican legislative leaders have been reluctant to condemn President Donald Trump’s remarks. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

«In no way do I believe any community is all bad. Just like I don’t believe any community is all good. What we need to do is call the fraudsters in any community accountable for their actions and stop it here in the state of Minnesota,» Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, who is running for governor and hopes to secure Trump’s endorsement, told reporters.

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Republican state Sen. Eric Pratt, who is running for the congressional seat being vacated by Democrat U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, also would not defend the president’s comments.

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«It wasn’t said the way that I would have said it,» Pratt said. «But what I will say is, I share the president’s frustration in the amount of fraud and corruption that’s effectively gone on in the state. I mean, it’s really put a black eye on the state, and we are in the national news for all the wrong reasons.»

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Trump and Walz have repeatedly hurled insults at each other in the past, including the president hitting the Minnesota Democrat as «grossly incompetent,» a «mess» and «re—-ed» and the governor calling Trump a «wannabe dictator,» a «cruel man» and a «bad human being,» and ICE under the administration a «modern-day Gestapo.»

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String of attacks connected to naturalized citizens raises national security questions

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The United States is left vulnerable even by its own naturalized U.S. citizens from hostile foreign lands, proving a free country can be exposed to security risks by the very freedoms the Constitution endows, an expert warned on Fox News.

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«That’s partially because of legal reasons: They can’t just monitor constitutionally protected free speech and opinions after they become a naturalized citizen, indefinitely, just to keep tabs on them,» Mauro Institute president Ryan Mauro told Fox News on Saturday.

«They legally can’t do it, and they also don’t have the resources to do it.»

Just this month alone, the U.S. has experienced four attacks with ties to naturalized citizenship.

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The U.S. has seen four attacks in recent weeks in connection to naturalized citizens. (Fox News)

  • March 1 – Austin, Texas, bar shooting
  • March 7 – New York City attempted bombing (parents of suspects were naturalized citizens)
  • March 12 – Old Dominion University shooting
  • March 12 – West Bloomfield, Michigan, synagogue attack

«There’s a bit of a jihad olympics going on, which is where you have the Sunni radicals like ISIS competing with the Shiite radicals of the Iranian regime because they need attention in order to survive and in order settle the argument of who has Allah’s blessing so that they can trigger the apocalypse,» Mauro said.

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Surveillance footage shows Ayman Mohamad Ghazali inside a Phantom Fireworks store in Livonia, Michigan, where he purchased more than $2,000 worth of fireworks days before the synagogue attack on March 12. (Obtained by NYPost)

«That’s what they both want to do,» Mauro said.

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Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was identified as the shooter at Old Dominion University on Thursday, March 12. (AP Photo)

The process of citizenship revocation has been a hotly debated topic during the second Trump administration, and the spate of four terror attacks amid the latest Israel-U.S. war on Iran may increase scrutiny on the vetting process.

«A person is subject to revocation of naturalization if the person becomes a member of, or affiliated with, the Communist party, other totalitarian party, or terrorist organization within five years of his or her naturalization,» the U.S. Grounds for Revocation of Naturalization reads.

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Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Pictured is Ibrahim Kayumi family’s home. (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York and Greg Wehner for Fox News Digital)

Mauro’s institute is not constrained by federal law in vetting potential terrorist ideology of naturalized citizens like the Justice Department is, he noted.

«That’s why I personally have set up a civilian intelligence team that does do that type of thing,» Mauro said. «And why we’ve been so successful is because whereas the government has to be very careful not to launch investigations based off of just a mere suspicion or an unpopular opinion, civilians are free to comb through social media and just find people and report them.»

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U.S. freedoms even protect suspected terrorists, he added.

«If they do come across someone who is expressing support for a terrorist organization, it still gets tricky,» he lamented. «You would think, oh, at that point you can revoke it and just get rid of the people because that would make sense, but the question is membership and affiliation.

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The Austin, Texas, bar shooter was an Iran sympathizer and believed to have conducted a terrorist attack in the U.S. to retaliate after Israel killed the Iranian supreme leader. (KTBC)

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«I mean, there’ll be a lot of headaches just over those words. At what point does it go from, oh, I agree with them, versus actually being affiliated with them as like a unit?»

Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department, the FBI and multiple agencies within the Department of Homeland Security for comment on this story. The State Department redirected us to the latter two federal departments.

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Música para bebés cuando suenan las alarmas y preocupación por la gente mayor que no baja a los refugios: así viven la guerra los argentinos en Tel Aviv

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Cuando las alarmas suenan en su celular, Jennifer silencia el teléfono y, con un nudo en la garganta, pone música para bebés. Tom, su primer hijo, nació hace seis semanas y, mientras pueda, Jenny va a tratar de que las sirenas que anuncian la oleada de misiles sobre Tel Aviv no rocen los oídos de su bebé.

Jennifer es porteña. Tiene 38 años y emigró a Israel hace 7. Su hermano mayor y uno de sus primos ya vivían en la capital israelí y ella, que trabajaba como contadora en Buenos Aires, se entusiasmó con mudarse y capitalizar las posibilidades que Israel ofrece a los judíos de otras partes del mundo que, como ella, deciden hacer pie en su territorio.

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Con las ayudas y los cursos de hebreo financiados por el Estado, Jennifer se instaló en la capital y consiguió un puesto como contadora. “Te ayudan a integrarte, a diseñar tu currículum en hebreo”, cuenta a Clarín.

Ahora está con licencia por maternidad: los primeros tres meses son pagos y, aunque ella decida prolongar su baja, conserva el puesto de trabajo por un año.

“Desde que llegué, se pudrió todo -ironiza Jennifer-. Primero el coronavirus y luego la guerra. Al principio, cuando escuchaba las sirenas, me agarraban ataques de pánico”.

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Sin embargo, no está en sus planes volver, por más que en la Argentina de hoy gobierne un presidente tan en sintonía con la religión judía como Javier Milei.

Buscó intencionalmente el bebé que acaba de dar a luz en Tel Aviv y sigue apostando a su vida en Israel.

Cien mil argentinos

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Los argentinos que viven aquí, según fuentes de la embajada de nuestro país, son unos 100 mil. Representan la comunidad latinoamericana más numerosa en suelo israelí.

A principios de marzo, con el espacio aéreo de Israel cerrado, los argentinos varados por el conflicto eran unos 200. La cifra va disminuyendo a medida que las compañías aéreas, sobre todo la línea israelí El Al, reanudan, a cuentagotas, sus vuelos.

En la madrugada de este domingo, las alarmas no dejaron dormir en Tel Aviv. Irán lanzó siete misiles cargados con bombas de racimo que dañaron calles y edificios en el centro de la capital.

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Un policía israelí inspecciona los restos de un vehículo incendiado después de que Israel interceptara un misil balístico de Irán, este domingo, en Tel Aviv. Foto: EFE

Este domingo, la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica amenazó de muerte al primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu. “Sin descanso”, será la persecución al primer ministro, según advirtieron.

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel, Gideon Saar, afirmó, por su parte, que la ofensiva contra Irán durará hasta que se eliminen las “amenazas existenciales”.

Irán confirmó el debut de Sejil, un misil balístico de combustible sólido que alcanza hasta 2.000 kilómetros y carga ojivas de entre 500 y 1.000 kilos.

Refugio para el bebé

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Para evitar corridas con el recién nacido en brazos, Jennifer y su pareja, Eyal, armaron el cuarto del bebé en la habitación blindada que tienen en el departamento donde viven, en el centro de Tel Aviv.

Contar con un cuarto de seguridad fue la condición indispensable cuando buscaron casa. “Dormimos todas las noches allí para que Tom no se altere y para no tener que levantarnos de madrugada, cada vez que suenan las sirenas”, dice Jenny mientras toma mate en el living de su casa, un cuarto piso del barrio de Ramat Gan.

En la habitación blindada hay provisiones de sobra. Pañales, mamaderas, jarra térmica para calentar agua y leche de fórmula para recién nacidos. En un cuerpo de mamá que acaba de dar a luz, el estrés que segregan los tiempos de guerra a veces complica hasta los gestos más primarios, como amamantar.

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Los papás de Jenny, Ruthy y Sergio, viajaron a Tel Aviv en enero desde Buenos Aires. “La idea era acompañarla durante las últimas semanas de embarazo, llegar a tiempo para el nacimiento del bebé y ayudarla con la rutina diaria. Pero la guerra trastocó todo”, dice a Clarín Ruthy, que desde su casa porteña, a 12.300 kilómetros de donde acaba de nacer su primer nieto, controla las alarmas que saltan en Tel Aviv.

“Se descargó la app y, cuando ve que sonó alguna, nos llama o nos manda whatsapp para saber si estamos a salvo”, cuenta Jenny.

“Dios nos ayudó. Y no nos abandona”

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La primera de la familia que se enteró que Jennifer esperaba un bebé, sin embargo, fue su abuela, la bobe Raquel. “Guardé el secreto”, dice a Clarín, orgullosa de su discreción.

Raquel vive en Parque Chas, en la misma casa en la que nació, hace 91 años. El 29 de julio cumplirá los 92. “Dios nos ayudó. Y no nos abandona”, dice Raquel, lúcida, conversadora y de buen talante.

“Vine para acompañar el nacimiento de mi primer bisnieto y lo pude hacer -agrega-. Es una lástima que no podamos pasear más, por las alarmas. Pero estoy contenta de estar acá”.

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A los 91, Raquel, flamante bisabuela de Tom, viajó desde Buenos Aires para estar presente cuando el bebé naciera. No sabe si va a poder volver a su casa.

No es la primera vez que Raquel visita en Isreal: “Ya vine otras siete veces. La primera fue en el 79 o el 80, porque mis hijas viajaban a hacer tareas comunitarias a los kibutz”.

Además de sus nietos y bisnieto, Raquel tiene una hija, amigos y ex alumnos -fue maestra- radicados en distintas ciudades israelíes. “Estoy preocupada porque la gente grande, de mi edad, ya no va a los refugios cuando suenan las sirenas -comparte-. Tengo amigos que me dicen: ‘No tengo fuerzas para bajar las escaleras’. Yo les digo que tienen que hacer caso”.

“No se pueden entregar así”, se queja.

“Cuando suenan las sirenas, todos los edificios tienen la puerta abierta para que la gente que está por calle pase a refugiarse -subraya Raquel-. En Buenos Aires, ¿Quién le abre la puerta de su casa a extraños?”

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Con los segundos contados

La distancia entre la casa de Jennifer y el departamento que sus papás y su abuela alquilaron por Airbnb se recorre, caminando con serenidad, en 15 minutos. Jenny comprobó que, a paso veloz y con el cochecito del bebé, puede reducir los minutos a casi la mitad: logra hacer el recorrido en 8.

“Eso me da tiempo a volver a casa si suenan las alertas en el celular ya que nos dan 10 minutos para buscar refugio antes de la sirena”, cuenta Jennifer.

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Jennifer, con Tom en brazos, acompañada por su familia argentina. De izquierda a derecha: Sergio, su papá; Ruthy, su mamá; su pareja, Eyal; su abuela Raquel y su primo Matías, que vive en Tel Aviv.

Ruthy ya piensa en la despedida: “Me angustia dejarlos, cuando tengamos que volver a Buenos Aires. Todo lo que tenemos se queda en Israel. Pero me tranquiliza ver que están más cuidados que en Argentina”, dice.

“Lo que valen diez minutos en la vida (el lapso entre las alarmas en los celulares y las sirenas que anuncian la llegada de un ataque) lo aprendes acá”, reflexiona Sergio, el esposo de Ruthy.

Los padres y la abuela de Jennifer llegaron a Israel el 19 de enero, en tiempos serenos, y tienen fecha de regreso a Buenos Aires para el 3 de abril. ¿Podrán volver a casa?

El portavoz de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), Effie Defrin, confirmó este domingo que, por lo menos hasta la Pascua judía -es decir, hasta dentro de tres semanas-, continuarán las operaciones contra Irán.

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“Tenemos miles de objetivos por delante”, aseguró Defrin.

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Iran arrests dozens accused of spying for Israel in new internal crackdown

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Iranian authorities say they have arrested dozens of people accused of spying for Israel across several provinces, according to state media reports over the weekend.

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Fars, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported Sunday the West Azerbaijan prosecutor’s office had arrested 20 individuals in the northwestern city of Urmia for allegedly providing Israel with information about military, police and security sites.

On Saturday, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence said it had arrested several «enemy operatives» across the country, including a 10-member group in Mazandaran province and another 10-member network in Khorasan Razavi province, according to Tasnim, a semi-official news agency.

Authorities said the suspects transferred the locations of military installations and economic infrastructure and shared coordinates of public places, academic institutions and research centers with Israel.

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Policemen stand on top of a patrol car during a rally supporting Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

In southern Khuzestan province, intelligence officials also reported arresting a three-person «terrorist team» accused of carrying out armed attacks against security forces and government facilities. 

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The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Israel has relied on tips from ordinary Iranians to identify targets for strikes inside Iran, citing a senior Israeli security official.

The newspaper said information about potential targets is sent through Israeli Persian-language social media accounts and is verified by Israeli authorities before strikes are carried out.

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A woman holds an Iranian flag during the funeral and burial of Ali Shamkhani at Imamzadeh Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2026. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

In a separate development, Bahraini authorities said Sunday they arrested five people accused of passing sensitive information to the IRGC and helping recruit operatives for potential attacks inside the country.

According to a statement from Bahrain’s Police Media Center, the suspects allegedly collected and transmitted coordinates and images of sensitive locations, including hotels, to the IRGC.

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Officials said one suspect previously received training at IRGC camps in «trafficking persons and recruiting operatives to participate in implementing terrorist plots.»

The five detainees were referred to Bahrain’s Public Prosecution, while a sixth suspect identified in the case is believed to be a fugitive abroad.

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