In the wake of news stories about the massive frauds that have been perpetrated in Minnesota–stories that we have been writing about here, for years–President Trump is moving to revoke temporary protected alien status for Somalis in Minnesota:
Unfortunately, this action (assuming Trump follows through) will have no practical impact, since there are only a few hundred Somalis on TPS in Minnesota, and fewer than 1,000 across the country. The Somali situation in Minnesota reflects different problems in our immigration laws–specifically, the broad “refugee” entitlement and chain immigration of alleged relatives.
The Star Tribune weighed in to oppose the President. I only want to note one point. The Strib resurrects the “without evidence” trope:
Trump’s post Friday evening alleged without evidence the misappropriation of “BILLIONS” of dollars and blamed Gov. Tim Walz.
Actually, there is plenty of evidence. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, who has prosecuted Feeding Our Future and other fraud cases, has publicly stated that “billions of dollars” have been stolen from taxpayers in Minnesota, and nearly all of the perpetrators are Somalis. The Star Tribune apparently is the last “news” outlet that remains unaware of the scale of the criminality that Governor Tim Walz has intentionally allowed to flourish.
