Border & Immigration

DHS Confirms Minnesota Flag-Dragging Vandal Is a Somali Citizen Who Entered as a ‘Refugee’ (VIDEO)

The man charged with stealing an American flag from a Minnesota medical office, dragging it behind his car, and coming back to shred it is a Somali citizen who was born in Uganda and came to the United States as a refugee, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Libs of.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated border & immigration brief. The source report from Gateway Pundit says: The man charged with stealing an American flag from a Minnesota medical office, dragging it behind his car, and coming back to shred it is a Somali citizen who was born in Uganda and came to the United States as a refugee, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Libs of.

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Key Facts

  • Primary source: Gateway Pundit
  • Published: Aug 30, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC
  • Coverage area: Border & Immigration
  • Brimstone role: curated summary, explanation, and source attribution
  • Topic signals: developing story metadata

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  1. Source published: Aug 30, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC
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