Donald Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as ICE operations reportedly planned in Minnesota – US politics live
President yesterday also halted immigration for people from 19 nations including Somalia, Afghanistan and Yemen
Trump and other senior officials had signalled tightening restrictions on immigration – it has been a flagship policy of his second term – but this was ramped up post the deadly shooting in Washington DC last week.
The main suspect in the shooting, which killed one, is an Afghan national who entered the United States during mass evacuations as US and foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021.