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Despite being embroiled in his own legal drama, rapper 21 Savage has a piece of advice for embattled emcee Kodak Black who is staring at a mountain of charges and arrests — and decades in prison. “I don’t know what’s going on,” Savage told TMZ as he was leaving the TAO in Hollywood, “but I’m…

Jay-Z is lending his star power to help 21 Savage. The hip-hop mogul reached out to secure support after his friend was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend, who said they had “arrested unlawfully present United Kingdom national Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph AKA ’21 Savage’ during a targeted operation with federal and local…

Cardi B has some choice words about the arrest of 21 Savage by immigration officials over the weekend. The 26-year-old rapper was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Georgia after they alleged he’s a British citizen and has overstayed his United States visa — but Cardi has taken to her Instagram account to voice her support…

A Fox News show that facilitated a debate about Donald Trump’s explosive border-crossing policy jumped off the rails after a Trump ally told the Black Democratic consultant that he was “out of his cotton-picking mind.” “Fox & Friends” host Ed Henry tried futilely to lasso in the two men during their argument on Sunday evening,…

As disturbing images of undocumented immigrants in detention centers flood the media, it is easy to see how many on social media feel that Black people could be the next group targeted. `In response to the article “Could this video of caged and separated families be you one day?” readers were visceral in their response.…

The current immigration policy being enacted under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump that is separating children from immigrants seeking asylum has become a horrible stain of evil exposed to the light of the world. The United Nations Human Rights Office has called the practice a serious violation of children’s rights and called the separations…

In true old-timey racist Alabama fashion, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions used scripture to support the evil and heartless actions of separating immigrant children from their parents — an astounding statement that moved leaders of the AME Church to respond. The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which consists of noted theologians…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently thinks to “Make America Great Again” you must “Make America Segregated Again” and to prove his point he is actually using the Bible. In true old-timey racist Alabama fashion, Sessions used Scripture to support evil.

Ibrahim Hirsi is a dedicated staff writer at MinnPost who strives to give a voice to the voiceless. It is his responsibility to cover workforce and immigration issues in the Twin Cities metro area. Before joining MinnPost, he worked for the Twin Cities Daily Planet and St. Cloud Times. He embarked on his journalism career in 2006 and has…

President Donald Trump, tell us how you really feel about people of color, why don’t you? On Friday, Jan. 12, he denied calling African nations “s––hole countries” at the meeting where he rejected a bipartisan deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Letting the air out of President Barack Obama’s signature immigration policy…

As his administration wraps up its first year, Donald Trump has been emboldened to speak more bluntly, and unabashedly racist, particularly when pontificating on his proposed immigration policy. “What do we want Haitians here for?” the president asked, according to the people briefed, the New York Daily News reports. “Why do we want all these…

The budget motel chain Motel 6 has recently become part of the debate over illegal immigration because of its policies. According to media outlet The Washington Post, employees at two locations in Phoenix, Arizona have been sending guest information directly to Immigration and Custom Enforcements on a daily basis. The hotels are located in a…

In 2010, the country of Haiti was struck by a massive earthquake that killed at least 300K people and damaged the infrastructure of the country. At that time, former President Barack Obama expanded the Temporary Protected Status for immigration to include Haitians who were affected by the earthquake. Now, word comes that the administration of…

Shortly after President Trump took office, he ordered that the Twitter accounts of various government agencies be shut down. Among these agencies were the EPA, NASA, National Park Service and the Department of Health and Human Services. Many felt that this was an attempt by the Trump administration to change and control the narrative of…

The former police chief of Greenville, North Carolina, is the latest victim of U.S. Customs officials because of his Muslim name. Hassan Aden has been a U.S. citizen for 42 years and is a retired career law enforcement officer who served with distinction. But this did not stop a CBP officer (Customs and Border Patrol)…

During the National Security Business Leadership Breakfast Series, Malcolm Nance will provide “industry best practices” to incorporate countermeasures against the 10 cyber hacking threats for business and government. He will engage with special agents on a host of subjects including human and sexual trafficking, counter-terrorism, cybercrime, cyber hacking, national security and immigration’s impact on national…

The new world of President Trump is causing turmoil for thousands of immigrants trying to get into the United States legally. There have been numerous stories of travelers being stopped and some say unreasonably questioned by TSA and immigration officials because of their name, religion, and country of origin, even if the country did not…

The frightening lessons being quickly learned during the first 10 days of Trump’s presidency continue unabated. There are numerous voices calling for his impeachment and online petitions are growing every day. However, hating his policies is not enough to get Trump removed from office he must be in violation of the Constitution of the United…

The recent executive order by President Donald Trump on immigration has caused global havoc with the stroke of a pen. Trump put a 90-day travel ban on refugees and citizens from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, the result of which fueled the media cycle over the weekend as images and video showed stranded…

President Donald Trump this week issued an unprecedented executive order on immigration that has had global impact. Trump’s order barred entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. The countries affected…