Starting in the 1990s, the State Department directed thousands of refugees from Somalia's civil war to Minnesota, which is now home to the largest population of Somalis outside Somalia itself.
As the Washington Times noted in 2015, in Minnesota, these refugees "Can take advantage of some of America's most generous welfare and charity programs." Professor Ahmed Samatar of Macalester College in St. Paul observed, "Minnesota is exceptional in so many ways but it's the closest thing in the United States to a true social democratic state." A high-trust, traditionally homogenous community with a deep civil society marked by thrift, industriousness, and openness, Minnesota seemed like the ideal place to locate an indigent Somali population now estimated at 100,000.
Minnesota governor Mark Dayton has sought to stifle public discussion with tired imputations of bigotry and intolerance.
"Find a state where the minority population is 1 percent or whatever. It's not that in Minnesota." Dayton also made an economic argument that did not exactly fit the case of Third World immigrants who are themselves heavy consumers of welfare benefits.
A September 2015 report of the House Homeland Security Committee task force on combating terrorist and foreign-fighter travel revealed that Minnesota led all states in contributing foreign fighters to ISIS. Reviewing the public cases of 58 Americans who joined or attempted to join ISIS, the task force found that 26 percent of them came from Minnesota.
Attending the trial of the three who contested the charges against them, I found that these Minnesota men gave the outward appearance of American assimilation, even though-as became apparent in the recordings introduced into evidence-they all hated the United States.
Ali used a phone app to register charges to the Minnesota state government while she stayed at an $800-per-night hotel in Nairobi.
https://www.city-journal.org/html/mogadishu-minnesota-15924.html
As the Washington Times noted in 2015, in Minnesota, these refugees "Can take advantage of some of America's most generous welfare and charity programs." Professor Ahmed Samatar of Macalester College in St. Paul observed, "Minnesota is exceptional in so many ways but it's the closest thing in the United States to a true social democratic state." A high-trust, traditionally homogenous community with a deep civil society marked by thrift, industriousness, and openness, Minnesota seemed like the ideal place to locate an indigent Somali population now estimated at 100,000.
Minnesota governor Mark Dayton has sought to stifle public discussion with tired imputations of bigotry and intolerance.
"Find a state where the minority population is 1 percent or whatever. It's not that in Minnesota." Dayton also made an economic argument that did not exactly fit the case of Third World immigrants who are themselves heavy consumers of welfare benefits.
A September 2015 report of the House Homeland Security Committee task force on combating terrorist and foreign-fighter travel revealed that Minnesota led all states in contributing foreign fighters to ISIS. Reviewing the public cases of 58 Americans who joined or attempted to join ISIS, the task force found that 26 percent of them came from Minnesota.
Attending the trial of the three who contested the charges against them, I found that these Minnesota men gave the outward appearance of American assimilation, even though-as became apparent in the recordings introduced into evidence-they all hated the United States.
Ali used a phone app to register charges to the Minnesota state government while she stayed at an $800-per-night hotel in Nairobi.
https://www.city-journal.org/html/mogadishu-minnesota-15924.html
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