Maybe ship our Somalians to China? Along with phone scammers, of course, and if there’s room on the plane for him, Tim Walz.

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China executes 11 ‘key members’ linked to scams in multibillion-dollar global fraud empire

The centers run phone and internet scams, luring victims into fake romantic relationships and cryptocurrency investments.

Initially targeting Chinese speakers, the syndicates expanded into multiple languages, stealing billions of dollars from victims worldwide.

Seems fair enough to me — what's the beef?

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(we know where it is)

They can still fly, they just have to travel in the cargo hold.

A new Southwest Airlines policy that requires plus-sized passengers to buy an extra seat if they “encroach” onto the seat next to theirs is sparking disappointment, anguish and frustration among leagues of larger bodied people across the U.S. who long relied on the airline as their carrier of choice.

Southwest’s new “customer of size” policy, which takes effect Tuesday, requires plus-sized passengers who cannot fit entirely within one seat to purchase a second one.

Newly listed in Riverside, gone by Sunday?

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That’s the prediction of FWIW’s intern Jimmy Olsen, who viewed 10 Verona Drive during today’s broker open house. The listing describes its style as “Colonial”, which would be accurate, I suppose, if Myles Standish built split-levels during his era — I haven’t checked — but anti-disirregardless, Jimmy says it “shows exquisitely, absolute perfection”, thereby demonstrating that, with just six months on the job, our young intern has already learned to speak like a Realtor; he’ll be atop the sales leader board by summer, I predict.

“Low ceilings” — oh, the horror! — but Verona’s a very convenient quiet dead-end, and there’s nothing else out there, so I agree with Olsen: gone by the close of the weekend.

By the way, for those of you who like to value houses by the price per square foot, this one has just 3,000 of them, so when it sells for $4, last year’s ballpark average of $1,000 a foot will be blown away.

This may prove an unwise strategy. Without the distraction of ICE, attention may refocus on the ongoing social program fraud that’s everywhere; it’s not confined to Somalis, nor the state of Maine

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lewiston’s white somalians march in protest

Unfortunately, the outrage seems to have worked:

ICE ends its surge in Maine, Susan Collins’ office says

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge is over.

That’s according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ office, which announced the end of the surge in a Thursday morning press release.

“While the Department of Homeland Security does not confirm law enforcement operations, I can report that Secretary Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in the State of Maine,” Collins said in a statement. “There are currently no ongoing or planned large-scale ICE operations here…..

ICE and Customs and Border Patrol will continue their normal operations that have been ongoing here for many years. [Exactly — that’s the point].

Thursday’s news was greeted optimistically if somewhat skeptically by Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline, whose city was targeted in the surge.

“If this report is accurate, it is welcome news. ICE operations in Maine have failed to improve public safety and have caused lasting damage to our communities. We will continue working to ensure that those who were wrongfully detained by ICE are returned to us. I want to thank the public and all the community partners who came together during this time. Over the past few weeks, I’ve witnessed the very best of us and I couldn’t be more proud of us as a community,” Sheline said in a statement.

He went on to call for the Trump administration to withdraw ICE from Minnesota as well.

And then there’s this: