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Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Somali refugee children play outside in an open field at Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya in July. Somalis make up the largest share of refugees arriving in Minnesota in fiscal year 2023.
Minnesota saw a surge in refugees arriving over the last year, and that number is expected to keep growing.
More than 1,500 refugees resettled here in the 2023 fiscal year, almost triple the amount in 2022 and up from 258 in 2021. Local refugee agencies are having to add staff once more to accommodate the new arrivals.
Refugee resettlement figures still are far lower than they were during former President Obama's administration, when Minnesota routinely accepted several thousand a year. The number of refugees accepted nationwide fell to record lows under then President Trump. President Biden's efforts to restore those numbers were thwarted by the pandemic and delays in building back the capacity of resettlement agencies and international staff.
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Truckmann writes:
Yeah that's all we need is more people su**ing off the tit! Walz sucks a**!
01/02/2024, 4:14 pm