Ankur Desai

He says they're targeting the worst of the worst, undocumented migrants who face criminal cases.

And they're on the move again, as are a growing number of locals in this Democrat-run city who oppose what they're calling an invasion.

At Our Lady of Guadeloupe, the sermon in Spanish is now given to mostly empty pews.

America's debate rages on immigration, but many here are just praying for more time.

Tom Bateman reporting.

The US President Donald Trump has continued to lambast America's Somali community, calling them garbage and saying they're not wanted in the US.

His disparaging comments came as immigration authorities were reported to be planning an enforcement operation targeting the large Somali community in the city of Minnesota.

On Wednesday, President Trump told reporters they should go back to where they came from and their country was no good for a reason.

And the Somalians should be out of here.

They've destroyed our country.

And all they do is complain, complain, complain.

Earlier this week, Mr Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem suggested her agency would target visa fraud in Minnesota.

And the U.S.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant has announced an investigation into allegations that tax dollars from the state may have been diverted to the al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia.

The militants deny the reports.

Michael Holmstrom is a Republican state senator.

In the Minnesota legislature, he spoke to the BBC.

In Mogadishu, Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Bar responded by saying President Trump had insulted many countries and that sometimes there are things you simply let pass.

But how is this being viewed by the US Somali community?

Omar Fateh is a Minnesota state senator.