{"id":2520552,"date":"2025-12-12T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-miller-sounds-alarm-over-share-of-somalis-using-welfare-in-minnesota\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:08:54","slug":"stephen-miller-sounds-alarm-over-share-of-somalis-using-welfare-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-miller-sounds-alarm-over-share-of-somalis-using-welfare-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Miller Sounds Alarm Over Share of Somalis Using Welfare in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-miller-sounds-alarm-over-share-of-somalis-using-welfare-in-minnesota%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520552&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article discusses widespread welfare fraud allegations involving<\/a> the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota, which numbers about 80,000 people primarily in Minneapolis and St. Paul. A report from the Center for Immigration Studies claims that 81% of Somali immigrant households receive some form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Federal Emergency Declared In Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">public assistance<\/a>, including 54% on food stamps and 73% on Medicaid. Even Somali households established in the U.S. for over ten years show high welfare dependence. By comparison, only 21% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-45-billion-tribal-spending-spree-contains-these-seven-bizarre-initiatives\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s  Billion Tribal Spending Spree Contains These Seven Bizarre Initiatives\">native households<\/a> receive welfare, with considerably lower reliance on food stamps and Medicaid. Somali families with children have an even higher welfare usage rate, reaching 89%. Critics, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homan-senator-ron-wydens-misguided-attack-on-opportunity-zones\/\" title=\"Homan: Senator Ron Wyden\u2019s Misguided Attack on Opportunity Zones\">high poverty rates<\/a> and low earnings among Somalis contribute heavily to welfare use and call for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-implements-new-border-security-policies\/\" title=\"Biden admin. implements new border security policies\">stricter immigration policies<\/a>. Miller has condemned the Somali refugee program, suggesting that it harms American society by importing dysfunction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A massive Somali-run welfare fraud scam has drawn nationwide scrutiny toward the ways in which immigrants from the African Muslim nation abuse public benefits in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>The community of 80,000 Somalis, largely concentrated in Minneapolis and St. Paul, is infamous for defrauding state programs at disproportionate levels, but even their high overall reliance on welfare is calling their behavior &mdash; and their very presence in America &mdash; into question.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Report\/Somali-Immigrants-Minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Center for Immigration Studies revealed that 81 percent of Somali immigrant households are using welfare of some kind.<\/p>\n<p>That includes 54 percent of households on food stamps and 73 percent on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">81% of Somali families in Minnesota are on welfare vs 21% of American families <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fzLOSumE8d\">pic.twitter.com\/fzLOSumE8d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1998810679667745174?\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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in other words, households that have had time to secure employment and build some degree of wealth &mdash; do not fare much better.<\/p>\n<p>While 78 percent are on welfare of any kind, 48 percent are on food stamps and 68 percent are on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>By way of comparison, 21 percent of native households are on any type of welfare, while 7 percent are on food stamps and 18 percent are on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Somali immigrant households with children are even more likely to be using welfare &mdash; the rate of &ldquo;any welfare&rdquo; use increases to 89 percent for such households.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any population with poverty rates as high as theirs will legally qualify for extensive means-tested aid, either directly for themselves or indirectly through their U.S.-born dependents,&rdquo; the Center for Immigration Studies said of the Somali community in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The way to reduce immigrant consumption of welfare is not simply to crack down on fraud, but to reduce the number of new arrivals who have the low earnings power characteristic of Somalis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller offered remarks about the statistics on social media, noting that the problem is even worse than the figures would indicate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And even this fails to capture the magnitude of the problem because &lsquo;American families&rsquo; in this context includes the descendants of Somali migrants and other migrant groups,&rdquo; Miller wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And even this fails to capture the magnitude of the problem because &ldquo;American families&rdquo; in this context includes the descendants of Somali migrants and other migrant groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GabUqsDHhd\">https:\/\/t.co\/GabUqsDHhd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen Miller (@StephenM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1998865459672908041?\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Miller has been a leading critic of the Somali community and their mass immigration into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entire Somali refugee program is predicated on a lie,&rdquo; he recently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1997727006625243364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;Destroying your own country does not give you the right to become a citizen in ours.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Miller also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1998903236770820538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that &ldquo;the central plank of the Democrat Party is to import every dysfunctional society into your town until you are completely cut off from everything you have ever known.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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