From the Washington Examiner: Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) said this week that he would “welcome more” Somali immigrants into Minnesota, as federal investigators continue to uncover the extent of widespread welfare fraud believed to have originated primarily from the state’s Somali population.
While appearing as a star speaker at a fundraiser for Gov. Bob Ferguson (D-WA), Walz said his administration would accept the arrival of more Somalis with open arms should more immigrate to the United States.
Walz billed the move as a countereffort to President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on illegal immigration in Minnesota’s Somali community. The president’s crackdown followed reports of fraudsters, allegedly primarily of Somali origin, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding from the state’s social services programming.
“We have in Minnesota, per capita-wise, more refugees than any other state,” Walz touted, drawing cheers from the Seattle crowd, before vowing to allow more Somali immigrants to resettle in Minnesota.
During his boastful speech, Walz said nary a word about the massive Somali fraud scandals under investigation in his state, but instead took time to slam federal deportation officers for arresting illegal alien Somalis.
“Right now, our neighbors are being demonized. Our neighbors are being terrorized and literally picked up off the streets,” Walz raged.
“These folks better not ever mistake our kindness for our weakness because we are going to defend our neighbors,” he snarled, adding, “But the antidote to that is positive actions to improve lives that go against what they are trying to do. So instead of demonizing our Somali community, we’re going to do more to welcome more in!”
At that, the crowd of Democrat donors, who shelled out as much as $2,500 for VIP tables at the fundraising luncheon, all broke into applause.
Just can’t make this stuff up…. Walz is already in hot water over the Somali fraud scandal, but he’s slamming ICE for arresting illegal alien criminals and vowing to welcome MORE Somalis to Minnesota. https://t.co/WbOqBUtK08
— DMLNewsApp (@DMLNewsApp) December 11, 2025
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Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) said this week that he would “welcome more” Somali immigrants into Minnesota, as federal investigators continue to uncover the extent of widespread welfare fraud believed to have originated primarily from the state’s Somali population https://t.co/NCjmUJKEvi
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 10, 2025
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