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Fear of visa ban puts Minnesota’s Somali community on edge

Annie Baxter Jan 25, 2017
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Fear of visa ban puts Minnesota’s Somali community on edge

Annie Baxter Jan 25, 2017
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President Donald Trump is expected soon to order a ban on granting visas to citizens of several Muslim-majority countries. 

The nations expected to be listed are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia. Minnesota is home to the nation’s largest concentration of Somalis, and reports of a pending ban are making people tense.

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