Vast fraud of Somali migrants, starting with Ilhan Omar, finally being exposed

Vast fraud of Somali migrants, starting with Ilhan Omar, finally being exposed - Scott W. Johnson

• Nearly half of all immigrants in greater Minneapolis were found to have committed some form of immigration fraud.

The fraud, uncovered in a September sweep, came in all kinds — sham marriages, fake death certificates and “other bizarre schemes,” as US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edley put it.
But the revelation was no great surprise to those of us who have followed the settlement of some 100,000 Somali immigrants in Minnesota over the past three decades.

• As far back as 2008, the State Department temporarily suspended one of the family reunification programs used by Somali immigrants when DNA testing of applicants found that 80% of all its claimed family relationships were fake.
• Immigration fraud in this community has been the norm...