Iliana Hagenah

Iliana Hagenah is a writer and news producer based in Washington, DC.

ICE watchers Mustafa Mohamed (L) and Mahad Ahmed patrol their community around the Riverside Plaza complex in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on January 9, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere

Trump keeps targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. But as one organizer says, “What we’ve built here, we’re not going to let it be easy for people to take that away from us.”

Feb 10, 2026 / Iliana Hagenah

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