President Trump took to Truth Social on Friday to lash out at the reports about Somali remittances from the United States funding the ongoing civil war in Somalia; see Minnesota Fraud Feeding Terror: Autism, Meals Scams Bankroll Al-Shabaab – RedState.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 22, 2025
Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity. I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota. Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER! President DJT
My colleague, Rusty Weiss, has more on the depth and breadth of fraud coming from one immigrant community. Unfortunately, the President's announcement is not going to come close to solving the problem. The Somali population in Minnesota is about 86,000. It is concentrated in the Twin Cities area, and dates from the early 1990s, and the refugee stream from the civil war that resulted in our military involvement and the Black Hawk Down incident; see Operation GOTHIC SERPENT. October 3-4, 1993 – RedState. That Somalia civil war is not to be confused with the current one. More importantly, the majority, 58 percent, were born in the United States. The remaining 42 percent were born in Somalia, and most of them are naturalized U.S. citizens.
The Temporary Protected Status for Somalis ends on March 17, 2026, unless otherwise extended. Work authorization expired on September 17, 2025. Of the non-resident Somalis in the United States, only 705 are here under TPS. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for ending TPS for most nationalities, but let's not pretend that canceling it for Somalis will have any measurable impact on fraud and support for terrorism.
In short, revoking TPS for Somalis will reduce the number of Somali immigrants by a fraction of a percent, assuming the case is adjudicated before TPS naturally expires, and there is no evidence that the fraud originating in Minnesota's Somali community is by non-U.S. citizens. The most recent arrest for "material support of terrorism" was a 23-year-old Somali who was a naturalized citizen. I suspect that U.S. citizens, not Somali nationals, led the massive $250 million ripoff of the Feeding Our Future program. Likewise, the $14+ million "autism" scam seems to have been led by a U.S. citizen.
The problem, as I see it, is multidimensional. The core problem was the decision to settle a large number of Third (if that) World refugees in a fairly homogenous community. That resettlement achieved a critical mass that allowed the Somalis to avoid assimilation, see any speech by Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05) if you need evidence.
It also allowed the implantation of Somali culture into the United States. For instance, the recent election for mayor of Minneapolis hinged on the Somali clan identity of one of the candidates; see We're Doomed. Omar Fateh Lost the Minneapolis Mayor's Race Because He Lost the Loyalty of Somali Clans – RedState. Part of that culture sees outsiders as fat sheep to be fleeced. The idea of "outsiders" leaves no one safe.
Me and my clan against the world;
Me and my family against my clan;
Me and my brother against my family;
Me against my brother.
—The hierarchy of priorities, as ordered by a Somali proverb
From Me Against My Brother; At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda; by Scott Peterson. A free online PDF of the book is at this link; the quote can be found on page 27.
Small wonder that grants that are part of a high-trust society are pillaged for the benefit of family and self. And if part of that family is in a terrorist group back home, who cares?
The second part of the problem is that theft and corruption on this scale can't exist without the authorities' knowledge. Christopher Rufo acknowledges that in his epic expose of Somali corruption.
David Gaither, a former Minnesota state senator and a nonprofit leader] believes the mainstream media, alongside Minnesota’s Democratic establishment, have long turned a blind eye to fraud within the Somali community. This, in turn, allowed the problem to metastasize. “The media does not want to put a light on this,” Gaither said. “And if you’re a politician, it’s a significant disadvantage for you to alienate the Somali community. If you don’t win the Somali community, you can’t win Minneapolis. And if you don’t win Minneapolis, you can’t win the state. End of story.”
As if to prove the point, here is a thoroughly stump-broke Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara apologizing to the Somali community for doing his job.
🚨BREAKING: Minnesota Police Chief O’Hara asks for forgiveness for exposing the reality of Somali criminal activity in Minneapolis.
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) November 21, 2025
He has a Somalian translator as he apologizes for enforcing the law.
This entire thing is insane.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, there is a massive dose of Whtle liberal guilt at work. If you see the Somalis as downtrodden "POC," victimized by "systemic racism," you're not very likely to make yourself part of a government you hate by reporting blatant fraud to the police. It is estimated that 30,000 women and girls in Minnesota have undergone female genital mutilation, despite it being a felony. Undoubtedly, some of those were sent back to Somalia for the festivities, but common sense tells you that if a majority of Somali women have had the procedure, there is a thriving underground community of "reproductive health" providers.
Part of the solution is to shut down the refugee flow so the Somali community distances itself from the "old country." Another vital part of the solution is a comprehensive audit followed by the firing and selected imprisonment of government and non-profit officials who knew, or should have known, what was going on and did nothing. Some consideration should be given, where possible, to denaturalizing people involved in this fraud. I'd think that most naturalized citizens supporting the al-Shabaab terror group could lose citizenship just as easily as Nazi death camp guards did. Perhaps the problem will go away, but I wouldn't bet on it. The only way it ends is with fearless enforcement of the law and the same type of federal scrutiny that crushed the Sicilian Mafia.
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