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From Amazon to agriculture, Minnesota looking for more migrant workers

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They say their economy will flounder as they are having a hard time attracting American workers and apparently few Americans are willing to move to Minnesota. At least this is all out in the open now—-immigration is not about humanitarianism and “American values,” but it is about importing laborers (including Somalis) that big companies don’t … Continue reading From Amazon to agriculture, Minnesota looking for more migrant workers

Oh geez, WaPo raises the (obligatory) Islamophobia backlash issue in story on Minneapolis police shooting

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….and the reporter uses none other than Omar Jamal as a source for her story! “After Minneapolis officer in police shooting is named, Somali community braces for backlash” I had no intention of writing again today about the alleged shooting by a Somali police officer of an unarmed white woman in Minneapolis, but I couldn’t … Continue reading Oh geez, WaPo raises the (obligatory) Islamophobia backlash issue in story on Minneapolis police shooting

Hey Obama! Those Minnesota Somali youths arrested for attempting to join ISIS were not without prospects for a good future

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Everyone was asking yesterday, are we sure these are REFUGEES or the children of refugees resettled in Minnesota (or somewhere else in the US)?   Yes, we are 99% sure, but the mainstream media isn’t going to use the ‘R’ word unless they absolutely have to! Most Somalis in the US are here through the Refugee … Continue reading Hey Obama! Those Minnesota Somali youths arrested for attempting to join ISIS were not without prospects for a good future

Minnesota: More than half of the state’s Somalis live in poverty, yet feds and contractors continue to pour them into the US

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At the present resettlement rate, the US State Department will admit nearly another 10,000 Somalis to the US by September 30th, the end of the fiscal year (as of the beginning of March the contractors distributed 3,944 new Somalis to American towns and cities). This story is from Minnesota where three US resettlement contractors are … Continue reading Minnesota: More than half of the state’s Somalis live in poverty, yet feds and contractors continue to pour them into the US

Somalis show their colors in Minnesota house race

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Diversity is strength alert!  (And, there is another good laugh at the end of this post too!) For a little break from the invasion at the border, here is an update that ‘pungentpeppers’ found about the increasing violence between both sides (both sides have Somali supporters)—between the “old Jewish lady” and the “Muslim brother” for … Continue reading Somalis show their colors in Minnesota house race