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  • Why Edina leaders formally reaffirmed support for Somali neighbors this month

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• Edina City Council's last act of 2025: affirming Somali community as making city ‘a much richer place' (alphanews.org) — Edina’s City Council closed out 2025 by unanimously passing a statement supporting Somali residents, workers and visitors, calling them essential to the city’s strength and culture. The resolution rejects demeaning rhetoric toward Somali Americans and reaffirms Edina’s commitment to inclusion, even as federal fraud investigations involving some Somali defendants continue statewide.
   

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