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It is very rare that an issue of fraud is so closely linked with one ethnic group, as it has been in Minnesota in a scandal involving the nation’s largest concentration of Somali immigrants.
Government and elected officials have complained that fraud by Somali immigrants accounts for the theft or misuse of state and federal funding totaling some $9 billion. That huge number represents only what is known, as the depth of the fraud uncovered so far may only represent the tip of the iceberg.
Because of the power of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office and the influence elected Democrats have in Minnesota, from the governor’s office to the office of the state attorney general, Democrats have been pushing back against calls by President Donald Trump and the Republican Party to pursue the Somali fraud accusations.
Republicans have argued that the fraud has spiraled out of control under Democrats in Minnesota and more needs to be done.
