Minneapolis City Council: Please send Syrian Muslims to our city!
Posted by Ann Corcoran on January 14, 2017
As if they don’t have enough problems with the tens of thousands of Somalis living in Minnesota, the Minneapolis city council passed a resolution yesterday, welcoming Syrians to join the gang in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges (right) in Somali language Youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3po7RG2EycFrankly, I’ve wondered why so few Syrians have been sent (by the US State Department) to Minnesota so far and wondered if the DOS was worried that there could possibly be some tensions created with the added diversity in the city where Somalis are king.
Arab Muslims (98% of Syrians entering US right now are Muslim) and black Africans aren’t always the best of friends, and the Syrians will add competition for the same welfare dollars as the Somalis enjoy now.
See screenshot from Wrapsnet.org below showing how many Syrians have been placed in Minnesota. I went back to FY2012 and only these few are recorded so far (with none in FY 2017 to date).
From Minneapolismn.gov:
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/minneapolis-city-council-please-send-syrian-muslims-to-our-city/
