What Minnesota’s Somali Refugee Welfare Crisis Tells Us About Liberal Failures
Minnesota’s open-door refugee policies have created nothing short of a taxpayer-funded welfare nightmare. New data reveals that more than 80 percent of Somali immigrant households in the state depend on government handouts. Nearly every Somali household with children is plugged into the welfare grid, siphoning cash, food stamps, and Medicaid in levels that make the average Minnesotan shake their head. Meanwhile, native-born Americans struggle on their own, with just one in five receiving any government aid and those numbers nowhere near the staggering claims coming from the Somali community.
This isn’t just a problem; it’s a clear symptom of liberal immigration fanaticism run wild. Minnesota went from having no Somali population in 1990 to nearly 80,000 today. But these arrivals aren’t becoming taxpayers or productive citizens. Instead, the vast majority sit firmly entrenched in poverty, relying on government assistance to survive. Over two-thirds live near or below the poverty line, contrasted sharply with barely 20 percent of native Minnesotans in similar straits. And let’s not ignore that nearly 60 percent of these Somali households admit to poor English skills—even after a decade in America. How is anyone supposed to succeed with that kind of language barrier and a staggering 40 percent without a high school diploma?
This isn’t about race or ethnicity; it’s about the results of disastrous policy decisions that prioritize open borders and refugee intake over American taxpayers’ interests. Liberals sell this as humanitarian aid and diversity, but the truth is these policies heap enormous costs onto working-class Americans. The welfare system was meant to be a safety net, not a permanent lifestyle for entire immigrant populations. The taxpayer dollar is being wasted, all while Washington Democrats cheer on more refugee resettlement without thinking through the consequences.
What’s worse, the booming welfare use among Somali refugees deepens the cultural and social divides in Minnesota. Numerous refugee households rely on Medicaid and food stamps at levels four or five times higher than native-born families. Children growing up in these households face a bleak future, trapped in poverty cycles that government programs only perpetuate. The Democrats’ answer? More handouts and more open borders, essentially rewarding failure and dependence. It’s a stance that screams contempt for American values of hard work and self-reliance.
Minnesota’s Somali welfare crisis shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s seen the left’s immigration agenda up close. This is the exact outcome when compassion turns into reckless entitlement. The question is simple: how much longer will American taxpayers tolerate this madness? At some point, we have to put America first and stop sending our hard-earned money overseas or into welfare programs that turn newcomers into permanent drains on the system. If not, the next generation of Minnesotans will pay an even steeper price for this impossible experiment. Will liberals ever wake up, or is America doomed to pay for their immigration fantasies forever?
Source: Breitbart
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