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Headline:  Fox News, 2/12/2024

Wisconsin’s neighboring Minnesota Somali refugee settlements ballooned into millions within two decades, noted Restoration of America [home to a steady stream far-right hysteria], which first reported the Wisconsin issue. Minneapolis, located about 100 miles from Eau Claire, has the nation’s largest Somali population. The FBI reported in 2019 that dozens of military-aged men in the city joined terrorist organizations.  [emphasis added]

Millions?

The current population of Minnesota is 5,737,915, of which 7% are Black.

States with the largest percentage of Somali population:

Source:  World Population Review

64,354 is a long way from "millions".

From a 11/23/2009 FBI report:

According to court documents, between September 2007 and October 2009, approximately 20 young men, all but one of Somali descent, left the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area and traveled to Somalia, where they trained with al-Shabaab, a designated terrorist organization. Many of them ultimately fought with al-Shabaab against Ethiopian forces, African Union troops, and the internationally-supported Transitional Federal Government (“TFG”).  [emphasis added]