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Claims that Somali Americans are on welfare and allegations of organized fraud and terror financing in Minnesota
Differing population figures coming from Homeland Security messaging and the U.S. Census — and the political use of those figures — reverberate through federal funding formulas, political representati...
Estimates vary sharply depending on how “Somali” and “welfare” are defined: a Minnesota state demographer’s reading of the Census’s 2019–2023 American Community Survey puts roughly 8% (range 6.3%–10.1...
Somali immigrants show relatively high labor force participation in recent data—often around 69–70 percent—yet they frequently register higher unemployment and lower earnings than U.S.‑born workers an...
Somali community leaders and advocacy groups in Minnesota have pushed back forcefully against broad-brush accusations, decried harassment and economic fallout from federal actions, sought meetings wit...