Jacob Frey
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And look, it's real.
It is a real issue.
And then there were these racist attacks on entire communities, most notably our Somali community, based on that fraud.
And then from there, it was let's, I believe, and this is not based on personal information, I speculate that somebody from relatively high up in the Trump administration said, go to Minneapolis, go deport a bunch of Somalis.
And whoever gave that directive didn't get the necessary pushback.
And then suddenly you got a bunch of ICE agents there in Minneapolis trying to deport Somalis only to find out they're from here, they're American citizens.
They got here on a plane.
They're here legally.
They've been here longer than I've been here.
They're very Minneapolis, and at this point, you know, multiple generations they have been here.
And...
So it's not like there's a location where you can go to get a bunch of undocumented Somalis.
Those locations don't exist because, again, for the most part, they're citizens.
Right, right.
It's a completely separate issue.
likely.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't break down, but, but yes.
And when somebody commits fraud, you investigate, you prosecute, you charge, you get a conviction, and yeah, you put the person in jail as an individual.