“Part of the fabric of Minnesota?” If so, it’s frayed cloth

The lt. Governor speaks

Somali refugees: the gift that keeps on taking

According to a recent Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) report, 58% of them do not speak English well, and 39% have no high school diploma. That translates into a heavy use of welfare programs. 

Of Somali immigrant households with children, CIS reports, 89% use some kind of welfare — 86% of such families are on Medicaid, compared to only 28% of Minnesota households headed by a native-born citizen. More than one in five Somali men of working age are unemployed. More than half of children in Somali-immigrant households are below the poverty line, compared with only 7.6% of those in native-headed homes.

How and why Minnesota failed as a state