Two Christian Groups Were Paid $62M to Resettle Tens of Thousands of Somalis in Minnesota

Talk about suicidal empathy - turned massive grift. Two church non-profits -- Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services -- raked in at least $62 million in government contracts to establish the Somali community in Minnesota in the 1990s — leading to the rise of Ilhan Omar and $9 billion stolen in the largest welfare fraud in US history They picked Minnesota because it had extremely generous state social safety net policies and welfare programs Great reporting by @Chadwick_Moore https://t.co/FRJUiEfwoI

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) October 16, 2026

… and $9 billion stolen in the largest welfare fraud in US history They picked Minnesota because it had extremely generous state social safety net policies and welfare programs.