Problems With Somalis In Minnesota 2024. While attending the university of minnesota, lakeville native erik borg wondered how the twin cities came to have such a large population of somali americans. Members of minnesota's somali community are rushing to the aid of their homeland as it grapples with heavy rains and floods that have killed nearly 100 people,.

Since 2012, 33 somalis across the united states have been deported to somalia, including 22 so far this year. It’s a sliver of the expansive somali community that grew in minnesota because of the state’s generous social services, good public schools, low housing costs and plentiful employment.