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Apr 8 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@ackocher You can actually help America by looking at a specific example, such as the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, from Ecuador, to explain why this matters.
Nobody, not even the family’s most vocal supporters, has ever identified any ground for asylum, because there isn’t any.
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@ackocher As you know, seeking a better life is both admirable and understandable, but doesn’t qualify for asylum.
Like all countries, Ecuador has its problems, but nothing going on there qualifies for asylum.
Ecuador even has a Consulate in Minneapolis to help its nationals.
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Apr 3 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
@asymmetricinfo Understood.
But if high-powered @nytimes wanted to spell correctly the surname of President @TheBushCenter’s White House Counsel and Attorney General @argonzales, @nytimes would have carefully checked every story.
I wonder how carefully @StatePRM was in selecting him to live in Buffalo, New York, when he was apparently arrested in February 2025, mere months after arriving in December 2024, and spent a year in jail.
Where was his family?
Where was the refugee NGO?
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@M_Sawyed @RepYvetteClarke @StatePRM Sadly, how could anyone expect a blind 50+ year old man, apparently all alone in the world, to find a job and live in a strange city with a robust, full-season climate?
Was the Biden Administration trying to exceed 100,000 refugee admissions before it left office 01/20/2025?
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Feb 11 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@SusieWiles
The tweet should have been drafted and approved before the trip even began.
@grove @StarTribune Has @StarTribune ever assigned even five reporters to a story of horrible things done to Americans?
Of course not.
Oikophobia
@grove @StarTribune Here’s the best subject:
Focus on @StarTribune coverage area, including things happening to residents of the coverage area in nearby states such as Wisconsin:
Americans and legal permanent residents (foreign nationals with green card) killed or maimed or mistreated by
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Jan 29 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@FrederickMelo Yes, I understand that Laos is now accepting deportees from the United States.
There is a reason why he got an Order of Removal and you know what that reason is.
@FrederickMelo Why don’t you ask @amyklobuchar @TinaSmithMN @BettyMcCollum04 for comment?
Jan 25 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
@stevesi28838948 @RepBeccaB I’m not disagreeing at all about the total injustice in shooting that person.
Not at all.
It’s one reason why I haven’t seen the video; it will destroy my day.
As with Renee Good, the standard full joint investigation should be conducted.
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@stevesi28838948 @RepBeccaB But at this point, I am reminded of something.
It’s starting to become a pattern.
For example, early in 2020, I saw coverage of long lines in early voting etc. for primaries.
The first few primaries, okay, higher than expected turnout.
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Jan 25 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
@stevesi28838948 @RepBeccaB At this point, I am just batmobiling.
I watched the Renee Good videos but I am not watching others because it’s too demoralizing.
I did participate in an ICE Watch video meeting at the beginning, but, as the article describes, I became concerned that well-meaning
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@stevesi28838948 @RepBeccaB individuals were being inspired or encouraged to confront armed law enforcement, rather than staying a safe distance and recording.
I am also concluding that peaceful citizens should either record or comment (shout) but not both, to avoid distraction.
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@katrosenfield Americans expect that our federal law enforcement officers will perform their duties with professionalism.
Of course, especially given the interference by poorly informed civilians in various locations in Minnesota, mistakes will be made, but then fix them.
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@katrosenfield The standard, traditional joint investigation into the death of Renee Good should be conducted in the standard manner.
Remember, the sainted Obama @AGLynch @SallyQYates Administration ran out the clock on Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York.
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@nytimes @lpolgreen is lying, falsely claiming in this Jan 19 (note dates) article that ICE detained Native Americans w/tribal IDs
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In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War via @NYTOpinionnytimes.com/2026/01/19/opi…
In para 29, she links to a Jan 12 @StarTribune @grove article accurately reporting tribal leaders’ claims.
One would imagine that @DHSgov would be checking records to identify any detainee who might match any description of the missing persons.
I’ve been looking for various @StarTribune stories featuring model beneficiaries of government programs, or fully supporting themselves in the private sector.
May I respectfully suggest that you confine your public comments to immigration law enforcement and your other official duties?
This can include effects on the labor market when unskilled labor returns home.
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@ImFiredUp2 @SandraFeistMN @IngrahamAngle @CMDROpAtLargeCA Similarly, by enforcing current law re removal of noncitizens with criminal convictions, there’s probably an effect on current crime, but we have to assume that Congress knew what it was doing, and why, when they enacted the law.
Great job re 8 USC 1325.
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Jan 1 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman Based on anyone’s lived experience, the true number of persons of Somali heritage living in Minnesota is easily triple any supposedly ‘official’ figure from any level of government, or legacy media.
International refugees settled in MN, and descendants
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@mplsgordon2 @OrangeisGood50 @RealJMPeterman @deenafaywinter
Secondary migration of international refugees to MN from other states, and descendants
Regular immigrants, both directly to MN and secondary migration, and descendants
US-born persons (outside MN) of Somali heritage, who move to MN, like @OmarFatehMN
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Jan 1 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@livefreejim @JennaReports @mngop It’s very simple.
Sometimes, things can backfire.
In 2012, the Minnesota state constitutional amendment against gay marriage backfired on @mngop which lost the referendum and handed DFL the trifecta which enacted gay marriage in Minnesota.
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@livefreejim @JennaReports @mngop In 2026, Minnesota elects the Governor and all the state constitutional offices to four year terms.
Also the State Senate and State House.
I think it’s essential for MNGOP to win those.
Trying to recall Walz less than a year before his term ends would backfire.
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Dec 30, 2025 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
@legler_aaron @HennepinAtty @MaryMoriarty is quite correct that this is wrong, but Minnesota’s Somali community is very proud of its solidarity and cohesion, so it’s no surprise that the larger Somali community is being associated with its most famous members’ publicly-funded businesses and activities.
@legler_aaron @HennepinAtty @MaryMoriarty More Somali community cohesion.
@daveweigel @nytimes @Fahrenthold’s initial story used “East African immigrants” and didn’t mention “Somalis” at all. nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/…
@daveweigel @nytimes @Fahrenthold Here’s former Minnesota Republican Governor @TimPawlenty.
