--- title: Donald Trump: Minnesota Has 'Suffered Enough' From Refugees description: In a pitch to suspend the nation's Syrian refugee program, Donald Trump said Minnesotans have "suffered enough" from accepting Somali immigrants into their state. canonical: https://time.com/4560078/donald-trump-minnesota-somali-refugees/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-06T21:48:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:07.912Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump: Minnesota Has 'Suffered Enough' Accepting Refugees og:description: "You've suffered enough in Minnesota." og:url: https://time.com/4560078/donald-trump-minnesota-somali-refugees/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd943cce598a2edb8/6988ad39e20a87970ea931b0/donald-trump-minnesota.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump: Minnesota Has 'Suffered Enough' Accepting Refugees twitter:description: "You've suffered enough in Minnesota." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd943cce598a2edb8/6988ad39e20a87970ea931b0/donald-trump-minnesota.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump: Minnesota Has 'Suffered Enough' Accepting Refugees > Sponsored content. 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Amid controversy about plans for refugees in the U.S. a Syrian family starts a new life in Des Moines._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 6, 2016 9:48 PM UTC  Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign stop at the Minneapolis International Airport in Minneapolis on Nov. 6, 2016. Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign stop at the Minneapolis International Airport in Minneapolis on Nov. 6, 2016. Charles Rex Arbogast—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 6, 2016 9:48 PM UTC In a pitch to suspend the nation’s [Syrian refugee program](http://time.com/4116619/syrian-refugees-screening-process/?iid=sr-link3), Donald Trump said Minnesotans have “suffered enough” from accepting Somali immigrants into their state. “Here in Minnesota you have seen firsthand the problems caused with faulty refugee vetting, with large numbers of Somali refugees coming into your state, without your knowledge, without your support or approval,” Trump said at a Minneapolis rally Sunday afternoon. He said his administration would suspend the [Syrian refugee program](http://time.com/4471094/white-house-syrian-refugees/?iid=sr-link9) and not resettle refugees anywhere in the United States without support from the communities, while Hillary Clinton’s “plan will import generations of terrorism, extremism and radicalism into your schools and throughout your communities.” **Read More:**[_The Syrians Next Door_](http://time.com/desmoines/?xid=homepage) “You’ve suffered enough in Minnesota,” he said. Minnesota is home to nearly one in three Somalis in the United States, [according to 2010 American Community Survey data](http://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/12/14/american-community-survey-initial-findings). Trump’s Minnesota rally came within hours of the FBI announcing its review of newly discovered Clinton emails [did not change its original conclusion](http://time.com/4560046/fbi-hillary-clinton-email/?xid=homepage) to not recommend criminal charges. Trump did not address the FBI’s new statement. ## Transcript [ FOREIGN ] [ LAUGH ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] President Obama hopes to allow as many as 10, 000 Syrian refugees to come into the US. Do they ever know how the handle the millions of refugees that's also raging here in Iowa. We don't wanna become like Europe, where they let all these refugees in. If I win, they're going back. They're going back. I believe that the immigration. The situation we have in the United States is the next extinction threat to American's future. [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] [ SOUND ] [ CROSSTALK ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] I never followed the political conversations about anything about Syrian refugees or Syria My neighbors mentioned that this building over here that they renovated was supposed to be for disabled veterans. And instead, now, it's Syrian refugees that live there. I've never driven a bus with children that do not speak English. I don't have a problem with it at all. It's good to have different, a lot of diversity. I just hope that they are helping themself and making a better life for the family and working and being productive in our country. It breaks my heart that Trump want to not let any in America. And so, how can you say that these people don't deserves a safe life? I guess terrorists can be anywhere, I imagine. But if Syria's known for their terrorists, then yeah, I would be a little bit more uneasy. But As far as the people that are living there I haven't noticed anything threatening by any means. Their just kids kicking soccer ball, riding their bikes, same thing I did when I was a kid. Do you know who you're going to vote for in November ? >> Trump. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] So I live in Des Moines, Iowa. I knew that they had this family, or friends program to Kind of how new refugees who arrive have a friendly face to feel connected to in the United States. Yeah, marinara sauce, yes. And then. Eon is a very close family member who doesn't know what we're doing. He doesn't know a lot about The Arabic world, about the Muslim population other than the fear based stuff that he sees on TV, and the negative, and the terror. [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ LAUGH ] [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Practicing introducing myself in English. Hello my name is. Yes or No. Everyone say yeah. Do you know that there are some kids here from Syria? Do you know what's happening in Syria? Not really, not too much about it. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ LAUGH ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] I'm glad you're here. We see things happening on TV to your country. And it's just gotta be a very, very difficult thing for you to live through. And, our hearts just go out to you. For what's happening to your country. I. I wish you all the luck in the world. I'm glad you're here with us. Everybody happy in here. Happy here? Iowa. Yeah. You are beautiful. People and with her. 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