American Taxpayers Are Paying Somalis Millions To Not Assimilate
Beth Brelje
Civil war and famine spurred many Somalians to immigrate to the United States in 1991 and settle in Minnesota. That was 34 years ago. Somalians could have assimilated into U.S. culture by now, but American taxpayers have been roped into funding programs that coddle Somalians’ Third-World culture and disincentivize their assimilation.
The Somali population explosion has rendered parts of Minneapolis unrecognizable as they impose a decidedly non-American culture on every aspect of the city. Somalis are members of the police force, city council, state legislature, and even Congress, still speaking their own language in those positions and, at times, cutting English speakers out of the loop. Their business signs are not in English. To the Western eye, their women’s clothing looks oppressive on a hot day. The Muslim call to prayer can be broadcast across Minneapolis five times a day.
In the name of helping Somalians in culturally sensitive ways, many federally funded programs have been tailored specifically for their population. And like other so-called refugee communities, big bucks have gone to university researchers who have made careers studying immigrant populations.
Going back as far as 2008, when USASpending.gov made finding government spending accessible to the public, taxpayers have sent more than $32 million to Minnesota for programs to support Somalis in America. That does not count the usual social programs many in that population have been gifted, including SNAP, Section 8 housing vouchers, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Nor does it count Minnesota’s scandalous $250 million Feeding Our Future scam and additional schemes that apparently total in the billions of dollars.
Here is a sampling of some of the programs funded for Somalians in Minnesota. This is just one group and location. Across the U.S., wherever there is a subculture of impoverished immigrants who won’t assimilate, someone is making money with government grants and contracts to “help” and “study” them. It is money that would be better spent encouraging assimilation or helping the U.S. taxpayers who are paying for it all.
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