Somalis Not Worried about Terror Recruiting in Sioux Falls
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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