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Somalis Not Worried About Terror Recruiting In Sioux Falls

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nearly 2,000 Somalis live in Sioux Falls, yet members of the city’s large immigrant community say they aren’t nearly as concerned about potential recruiting for the so-called Islamic State group as the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

One expert says it may be because the smaller numbers make it harder for those immigrants to be isolated. Justin Heinz, who co-authored a recent report exploring the ongoing terrorist recruitment and radicalization in the Twin Cities’ Somali community, tells the Argus Leader ( ) that much of the population in Minneapolis never fully assimilates, partly because Somalis tend to congregate in closed communities.

Heinz says a lack of assimilation probably is less likely in Sioux Falls because there aren’t any charter schools solely for Somali students, isolated Somali neighborhoods or replica malls.

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Information from: Argus Leader,

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