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4 days ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Katelyn Vue |Hibah Ansari |Mohamed Ibrahim |Monika Pronczuk
The new travel ban impacts people from Somalia, Eritrea, Myanmar, Laos, Afghanistan, and other countries. Join Sahan Journal for a live conversation, with expert panelists who can answer your questions.
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2 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Katelyn Vue |Mohamed Ibrahim
Habon Abdulle had an immediate reaction the day President Donald Trump announced his second travel ban — one that once again targets many Muslim-majority countries. The head of Minneapolis nonprofit Ayada Leads started making calls. “The previous travel bans left behind heartbreak — weddings missed, funerals unattended, futures put on hold,” she said. “These are not political abstractions.
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3 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Alfonzo Galvan |Andrew Hazzard |Katelyn Vue
Un día después de que una operación encubierta realizada por varias agencias federales en un restaurante de Lake Street se convirtiera en un enfrentamiento con manifestantes, los funcionarios de la ciudad y del condado regresaron al vecindario para explicar mejor su papel en la operación.
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3 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Alfonzo Galvan |Katelyn Vue |Andrew Hazzard
A day after a multiagency federal sting at a Lake Street restaurant devolved into a clash with protesters, city and county officials returned to the neighborhood to better explain their role in the operation. At a news conference Wednesday, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara described some of Tuesday’s operational tactics by federal agencies as “tone deaf” and said he’s communicated his concerns to those agencies.
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3 weeks ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Alfonzo Galvan |Katelyn Vue |Andrew Hazzard
Manifestantes se enfrentaron con agentes del orden público locales y federales en Lake Street y Bloomington Avenue este martes, cuando agentes uniformados y armados se apostaron frente a un restaurante mexicano. Testigos dijeron al Sahan Journal que la actividad se centró en el edificio que alberga a Taquería y Birriería Las Cuatro Milpas, que tiene apartamentos encima.
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2 months ago | 
sahanjournal.com | Becky Dernbach |Katelyn Vue
Immigration officials arrested a University of Minnesota student last week because of his drunk driving arrest in 2023, federal officials said in a new court filing. Doğukan Günaydın, an international student from Turkey, was arrested on March 27 by plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers near his home in St. Paul as he was on his way to class, according to a lawsuit he filed on Sunday. He was studying for a STEM MBA at the Carlson School of Management.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
sahanjournal.com | Mohamed Ibrahim |Katelyn Vue
Amid a climate of anti-immigration rhetoric and policies from the White House, GOP lawmakers in the Minnesota Legislature are proposing legislation that would bar undocumented residents from accessing state-funded programs like MinnesotaCare. House File 10, authored by Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, would prohibit undocumented Minnesotans from accessing any state program funded by taxpayers that require proof of residency.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
sahanjournal.com | Katelyn Vue |Becky Dernbach
A Prior Lake teacher is threatening to sue the school district that disciplined her for repeated violations of its social media policy. Brooke Zahn, who teaches fourth grade at Jeffers Pond Elementary school, admitted that she used her personal Facebook account to share an image of a cartoon family and the words, “A FAMILY THAT IS DEPORTED TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER,” in a Facebook group last December.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
sahanjournal.com | Alfonzo Galvan |Katelyn Vue |Abe Asher |joey peters
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
sahanjournal.com | Alfonzo Galvan |Katelyn Vue
In the week since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Minnesota social media accounts have been flooded with unverified reports of ICE sightings everywhere from restaurants to supermarkets to homes. The rumors have even affected the state’s largest hospital group, which this week put out a statement saying its members had not seen any unusual activity.
