WASHINGTON (AP) — The arrest of a Palestinian activist who helped organize campus protests of the war in Gaza has sparked questions about whether foreign students and green card holders are protected against being deported from the U.S.
Mahmoud Khalil was arrested Saturday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Homeland Security officials and President Donald Trump have indicated that the...
The Minnesota State Capitol rotunda was a hub of activity as a few dozen people gathered Tuesday afternoon for African Heritage Day on the Hill. The annual event, organized by the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage (CMAH), connects Black Minnesotans with state lawmakers to discuss legislation that affects them, and to highlight the council’s legislative priorities.
Governor Walz, Minnesota...
“The challenge of "Les Egarés" is to mix several musical cultures from Mali to Jazz, to Musette to Balkan,” said Ballaké Sissoko when Mshale spoke to the Malian kora player earlier this month. Les Egarés isn’t a band or even a quartet of musicians, but a convivial meeting of four friends that come together to improvise and share the...
A professor who has dedicated part of his tenure to establishing a relationship between his university in the United States, and one in Kenya, his country of birth, has been awarded the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.
Dr. David Kimori, an associate professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, will collaborate with Dr. George Areba of Kisii University in southwestern Kenya...
Ask Africans immigrants in the Twin Cities about George “Jojo” Ndege, and they will probably tell you about the dance parties he used to host “back in the day.” Maybe they will say that he is an amazing chef, who runs Tamu Grill, a restaurant and catering company he started a few years ago. And others may tell you...
On Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 Brooklyn Park held its annual Black History Month Showcase at the Community Activity Center. Mshale photojournalist Jasmine Webber compiled this photo essay from the celebration.
Rep. Ilhan Omar and local leaders from Minnesota vowed to keep fighting against President Donald J. Trump’s administration, which they accused of trying to destroy the constitution of the United States.
“We have to be ready to fight back because we know submission is the path to dictatorship,” Omar told her constituents, who gathered in St. Louis Park for a...
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Minnesota House Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley, whose family once faced deportation, hosted a Thursday night immigration town hall to listen to constituents’ concerns as President Donald Trump's campaign promise of arresting and deporting those without legal status becomes a reality.
Hiltsley, DFL-Brooklyn Park, was joined by Attorney General Keith Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark...
Members of Minnesota's Somali community, primarily from the Puntland region, have condemned the Somali government's inaction in the fight against ISIS, expressed support for Puntland's defensive forces and lauded the U.S. government and President Donald Trump for their assistance.
Trump ordered airstrikes on Feb. 1 against the Islamic State in a remote mountainous cave complex in Somalia’s Puntland region, reportedly...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug Enforcement Administration agents touting immigration arrests, IRS agents poring over documents, the military escorting deportation flights. As the Trump administration works on the president’s pledge to crack down on illegal immigration and carry out mass deportations, the flurry of activity has stretched across the federal government — well beyond the Department of Homeland Security, the...