The Wall Street Journal published on 4 December 2025 an article titled "A Sprawling Fraud Scandal Puts Minnesota's Somali Community in the Spotlight" by Scott Calvert and Jeanne Whalen.
About 80,000 people of Somali descent live in Minnesota. About 60 persons have been convicted of massive fraud from child nutrition, housing, and autism service programs funded by taxpayers. President Trump has used the situation to refer to the Somali community in Minnesota as "garbage" and urged them to return to Somalia.
Comment: This episode is clearly a major blot on the reputation of the Somali community in Minnesota. But the answer is to prosecute to the full extent of the law all of those persons who are guilty and not to vilify the entire Somali community.
