Even The New York Times has noticed that Somalians in Minnesota have been at the center of multiple fraud and corruption schemes, although they caution us not to tar an entire community with a broad brush.
Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people with felonies, accusing them of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a government program meant to keep children fed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At first, many in the state saw the case as a one-off abuse during a health emergency. But as new schemes targeting the state’s generous safety net programs came to light, state and federal officials began to grapple with a jarring reality.
Over the last five years, law enforcement officials say, fraud took root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small fortunes by setting up companies that billed state agencies for millions of dollars’ worth of social services that were never provided. …
Many Somali Americans in Minnesota say the fraud has damaged the reputation of their entire community, around 80,000 people, at a moment when their political and economic standing was on the rise.
Debate over the fraud has opened new rifts between the state’s Somali community and other Minnesotans, and has left some Somali Americans saying they are unfairly facing a new layer of suspicion against all of them, rather than the small group accused of fraud. Critics of the Walz administration say that the fraud persisted partly because state officials were fearful of alienating the Somali community in Minnesota.
Yes, well, if the problem were only certain individuals and not systemic cultural issues, fraudsters would not be almost entirely concentrated in one religious and ethnic group. If the problem were only that some fraction of the population, evenly distributed, is inclined to commit fraud when they see an opportunity, you wouldn’t keep finding out that the distribution of fraudsters was so highly concentrated.
Incredible story.
Somalians are defrauding Minnesota taxpayers to such an extent that “the largest funder of Al Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer”.
Al Shabaab is the largest Islamist terrorist group in Somalia. https://t.co/i1UjEH7X1o pic.twitter.com/WYL7pyCIRL
— Zarathustra (@zarathustra5150) November 19, 2025
It’s not the German, Norwegian, or people of Swedish people who dominate our ancestral groups who are stealing billions of tax dollars; it’s overwhelmingly Somalis, who are also coming to dominate our Democratic Party affiliate here in the state.
“I challenge you to come forward with evidence…if at all there’s any. You can’t victimise a whole community for the actions of a few.”
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar slams President Trump’s remarks linking Somalis in the U.S. to surge in crime rates in Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/X6gnrbdu4z
— Kulan Post (@kulanpost) November 25, 2025
The single-largest funder of the Islamist terrorist groups in Somalia is the Minnesota taxpayer, and that’s solely due to the fact that nobody in the elite wants to do what it takes to identify the malefactors and stop them. It’s gotten to the point where Ilhan Omar, who is one of the ringleaders of these fraud groups, is mocking us.
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump RIPPED the imported Somalis we have in our country
“Somalis have caused us a LOT of trouble, and they cost us a LOT of money!”
“What the HELL are we paying Somalia for?!!”
“We have ILHAN OMAR who does nothing but complain about our constitution and… pic.twitter.com/IhaPhOAwrC
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 28, 2025
Tap-dancing around this fact is idiotic, though it is also the default position for most people in the state, and 100% of the elite who run it. While it is almost required that we single out men, people of pallor, or other disfavored groups as the cause of all society’s ills, pointing out the obvious fact that Somali “refugees” have been almost uniquely destructive to our system of social trust is strictly forbidden by all the right people.
LMFAO they’re still trying to convince the American people that third world foreigners, like those from Somalia, are a part of the “fabric” of this country.
No matter how many times they chant the same rehearsed words, this will NEVER be true.
Deport them. All of them. Zero… https://t.co/yCLwiXn1Vs pic.twitter.com/btjDOJ0jkm
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 29, 2025
The Times claims that the signs of fraud didn’t arise until federal prosecutors started charging people, but that is hardly true. Republicans have been pointing out the obvious fact that fraud was rampant for many years, but the concerns were dismissed as arising from racism and anti-Islamic prejudice.
US Rep. Ilhan Omar attends a pro-Somalian event and SMILES when she is introduced as someone whose interests lie with Somalia and NOT America.
This person is an elected official….
pic.twitter.com/PHCsnK0Xfq— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 10, 2025
Pish posh. Everybody in government knew the same thing. Some Democrats didn’t want to appear racist, so they looked away; some actively aided the fraud as part of a quid pro quo, while others looked away because they feared that the political power of the Somalis, who have been taking over the DFL—our Democratic Party—and they didn’t want to suffer the wrath of the emerging establishment.
Kayseh Magan, a Somali American who formerly worked as a fraud investigator for the Minnesota attorney general’s office, said elected officials in the state — and particularly those who were part of the state’s Democratic-led administration — were reluctant to take more assertive action in response to allegations in the Somali community.
“There is a perception that forcefully tackling this issue might cause political backlash among the Somali community, which is a core voting bloc” for Democrats, said Mr. Magan, who is among the few prominent figures in the Somali community to speak about the fraud.
As a trial in the meals fraud case was coming to a close last summer, an attempt to bribe a juror included an explicit insinuation about racism, prosecutors said. Several defendants in the trial were found to have arranged to send a bag containing $120,000 to a juror along with a note that read, “Why, why, why is it always people of color and immigrants prosecuted for the fault of other people?”
Mr. Thompson, a career prosecutor who served as interim U.S. attorney for several months this year, and who declined to discuss his own political preferences, said he believed that race sensitivities had played a major role in the rise of fraud. As pandemic assistance was disbursed, the state was also reeling from the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, he said.
“This was a huge part of the problem,” Mr. Thompson said during an interview in the summer. “Allegations of racism can be a reputation or career killer.”
Now that President Trump has put a long-overdue spotlight on the problem, a new genre of Xeets has been appearing on X, as part of a larger propaganda campaign to whitewash Somalia and Somalis.
If Somalia is safe for tourists, it’s safe for refugees. Load em up, send em home!https://t.co/ZGeBDyFL5M
— Susan from Kansas (@yepsuzn) November 28, 2025
Over the past few days, my feed has been inundated with all sorts of claims that Somalia is a paradise, whose history goes back centuries before America even existed.
Fantastic, then they’ll be a huge value-add to Somalia https://t.co/Z2N96rdqGU
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) November 28, 2025
1. Somali Americans punch above their weight in resilience and contributions:
– High work ethic (often multiple jobs),
– Family-oriented stability,
– Rapid second-generation progress (e.g., college attendance, professional careers).
2. First-generation metrics show poverty and lower formal education due to disrupted schooling in Somalia, but long-term trends are strongly positive: refugees become net fiscal contributors, pay taxes, and enrich America’s cultural and economic fabric.
3. Nationwide, the Somali population US is roughly 164,000–170,000, with high entrepreneurship rates (refugees, including many Somalis, generated $5.1 billion in business income in 2019) and rising self-sufficiency.
4. Minnesota hosts the largest and most visible Somali American community—widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful Somali diasporas in integration and achievement.
– Working-age adults (18–64): 70.4% employment rate (men 75.9%, women 65.7%)—comparable to or higher than state averages.
– 2024 Ramsey County data (heavily Somali areas): Somali adults reach 76–84% self-sufficiency, far exceeding White residents (40–41%) on some measures.
– Common sectors: transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, warehousing; growing presence in professional fields.
5. Somali Americans are deeply grateful for being welcomed to the United States. Somali Americans didn’t ask to be refugees. They were forced to flee barbarism, and America — generously, compassionately — opened its doors. In return, they have given us vibrant businesses, dedicated workers, proud citizens, and some of the most heartfelt patriotism you will ever witness.
This line of crap is all over the place and utterly at odds with the reality on the ground.
Somalia is routinely listed as the most corrupt country in the world. pic.twitter.com/yhAJCXGbNV
— JLaw (@yoopermomma) November 22, 2025
Almost half of all Somalis are on SNAP, and the whole reason why all that fraud was possible was that the Somali community knew how to work the various welfare programs with exquisite precision.
Mr. President Trump, let me give you a brief but necessary history lesson.
The United States is about 240 years old, yet Somali civilization stretches back more than 2,000 years. Long before Christopher Columbus ever crossed the Atlantic, Somali cities were thriving centers of… pic.twitter.com/uO9iupxmnr
— Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad (@AbdiwahabSheik7) November 27, 2025
The United States is about 240 years old, yet Somali civilization stretches back more than 2,000 years. Long before Christopher Columbus ever crossed the Atlantic, Somali cities were thriving centers of trade, culture, scholarship, and maritime power.
Mogadishu itself is over 550 years old older than the United States once standing as one of the great commercial hubs of the Indian Ocean world.
History shows that empires rise, fall, and change, but nations with deep roots endure.
And, if it is true that Somalia is such a wonderful place, why is there a diaspora here in the United States? They all got here as refugees because the country was a $h*thole, right? Did these people migrate to refugee camps to escape paradise?
yes, Somalia is a paradise, if you are rich … here’s how the rest live pic.twitter.com/Sj4eBB9xnD
— DinduNuffin (@reruther) November 27, 2025
As a Classical Liberal, I do believe that for the purposes of making legal and moral judgments about individuals, we should judge them based on their behavior and their individual character. When I meet an individual Somali I don’t assume they are a good or bad person.
Ilhan Omar tells Mehdi Hasan: “We should be monitoring, profiling, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of White men.”
I have a different idea: We monitor Islamist cells in the US who are working on behalf of foreign terrorist organizations.
pic.twitter.com/6CJKL5uMJq— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) November 22, 2025
But as a matter of public policy, we are not judging people as individuals when we create categories of people to let in, and it is insane to ignore the fact that people from some regions or cultures are more likely to cause trouble or contribute.
“Somalis committing welfare fraud and stealing US tax dollars proves they are smart!”
Yes… that’s why Somalia is a very successful nation at the forefront of drone technology, and not a third-world shithole filled with fraud and corruption. pic.twitter.com/IOJmladYbB
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November 23, 2025
In the Netherlands, a university did a study on the lifetime contributions of different immigrant groups, and the results were stark. Immigrants to the country from Western societies were net contributors compared to natives, while those from $h*thole countries were a huge net negative. And that was only on an economic basis. In terms of contributing to the social trust of the society, they were far worse.
You think Trump cares? Blame your fellow Somali scammers. The average Somali’s lifetime contribution to the society they’re in is a NEGATIVE one million dollars. Each one kicked out saves the US, on average, a million dollars. pic.twitter.com/kgSZy1Ctrn
— DocHawaii (@_Doc_Hawaii_) November 29, 2025
Somalis were among the worst in this regard. Only idiots would ignore this fact.
We are ruled by idiots, though.
Editor’s Note: Do you enjoy Hot Air’s conservative reporting that takes on the radical left and woke media? Support our work so that we can continue to bring you the truth.
Join Hot Air VIP and use the promo code FIGHT to get 60% off your VIP membership!
Read the full article here
![Gun Control Dems Concealed Carrying in DC Before National Guard Showed Up: Anna Paulina Luna [WATCH]](https://www.lifezette.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025.09.11-12.49-lifezette-68c2c57275a3c.jpg "Gun Control Dems Concealed Carrying in DC Before National Guard Showed Up: Anna Paulina Luna [WATCH]")
