Despite ugly smear campaigns to discredit them, violent threats and racist comments 23-year-olds Safiya Khalid and Nadia Mohamed who are both former refugees still managed to secure historic victories by becoming the first Somali-Americans elected to the city council of Lewiston, Maine and St Louis Park, Minnesota respectively.
Oppressive policies towards immigrants and the xenophobic attitude that has been taken up by the US President Donald Trump and his supporters are fortunately not impeding less traditional candidates from gaining political power. Trump's time in office has ironically seen more and more minorities find their way into the political class.
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