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Star Tribune: Minnesota high school athletes’ lives upended by ICE surge
Jan 10, 2026
Star Tribune | Students experiences have varied: They have missed their routines, had to leave their teams and tried to use sports as healthy distractions during the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota. The Star Tribune spoke with Jane Graupman, the Institute’s Executive Director.
The Institute had the honor of hosting Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her as she was sworn into office during a private inauguration on January 2. Hundreds of her supporters, family, and local city leaders attended this historical event, making Her the first Hmong person, woman and refugee as mayor of Saint Paul.
There are certain rights guaranteed to all people in the United States, regardless of immigration status. It is important to understand these rights, especially if you are an immigrant, parolee, asylum seeker, survivor of human trafficking or other non-citizen.
KSTP: Majority of Somali immigrants in Minnesota are US citizens
Dec 04, 2025
KSTP | The Trump Administration is pausing pending immigration applications from 19 countries, including Somalia, as immigration enforcement activity increases in the Twin Cities. KSTP spoke with Jane Graupman, the Institute’s Executive Director.
Statement on the President’s Attacks on the Somali Community in Minnesota
Dec 03, 2025
The International Institute of Minnesota condemns the harmful rhetoric that is being used by those in power to dehumanize, vilify, and demean immigrants and refugees. We also oppose the anti-immigration policy changes and immigration enforcement operations that have accompanied the persistent verbal attacks on New Americans by the president’s administration.
We stand with the Somali community, and all immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and across our country, and we are asking you to do the same.
Pioneer Press: MN leaders push back on Somali ‘scapegoating’ ahead of threatened immigration sweep
Dec 02, 2025
Pioneer Press | As federal authorities under the direction of President Donald Trump prepare an enforcement operation targeted at Somali immigrants in Minnesota, local leaders and members of the Somali community Tuesday pushed back against what they see as an effort to sow “division and chaos.” Pioneer Press spoke with Jane Graupman, the Institute’s Executive Director.
MPR News: Advocate: Recent Trump orders are part of “broad attack” on immigrants
Dec 02, 2025
MPR News | Some immigrants in Minnesota have questions after a recent series of Trump administration orders related to immigration. Those decisions included halting all asylum case decisions, plus pausing issuing visas for people from Afghanistan. Jane Graupman, executive director of the International Institute of Minnesota, joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to help makes sense of the new orders and how it’s affecting Minnesota.
