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Ilhan Omar: “We know that we are protected by the 14th amendment.”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Ilhan Omar Responds To Trump's Racist Attacks on Somali Americans, Including Her | The Joy Reid Show

Published | Video Starts at 13:53

And so to me, I know that those of us who are Somali in this country see ourselves as Americans. That's what our passport says. That's what our nationality is. And We know that we are protected by the 14th amendment. We know that we're not going anywhere. And there is no way. I mean, he needs to just. I know he says he hasn't met me. (13:53–13:58)

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