New citizens must be completely confused about some of the political process, many people born here are probably confused too. I am glad there is help for some. - - Donna Poisl
by Jon Collins, Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — When DFL State Director Nimco Ahmed trains groups of Somali Americans to participate in Minnesota's upcoming caucus, a political institution that mystifies even many Minnesota natives, she tells them they have a responsibility to participate for the greater good of their community.
"You all are privileged not only to be in this country, but privileged to be United States citizens," Ahmed tells trainees.
As Minnesota's Feb. 7 caucus approaches, both the state DFL and, to a lesser extent, the Minnesota Republican Party, are pushing the state's immigrant communities to get involved in this first step in the political process, where planks will be proposed to party platforms and delegates will be chosen for county and district conventions.
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