Somali Americans

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Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the United States were sailors who came in the 1920s from British Somaliland. They were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s and early 1990s, more Somalis arrived. In the mid and late 1990s, the largest number of Somalis arrived, after civil war in Somalia. The Somali community in the US is now among the largest in the Somali diaspora. Minnesota, particularly the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, has the largest Somali community in the United States. In 2025 and 2026, Somali neighborhoods in Minnesota were a focus of federal immigration enforcement, and the federal government moved to end temporary protected status for Somali nationals.

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