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Misdirection Play, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0

Via the Las Vegas Sun, Sal Rodriguez discusses that furor over welfare fraud in Minnesota. He notes that, though Somali immigrants are being targeted by the Trump maladministration, (emphasis added)

The most prominent example of fraud took place via a nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, which bilked taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of federal COVID dollars as it falsely claimed to distribute meals.

The founder of the organization, a white American named Aimee Bock, was convicted of her crimes. Dozens of others involved in the scheme have pled guilty. Most of those involved were of Somali background.

So why, one wonders, are Somalis getting all the blame publicity? Rodriguez suggests that the answer is quite simple:

The MAGA movement is basically a fever dream for racists and xenophobes in which they can leverage the force of the federal government and right-wing media echo chambers to punish and demonize disfavored groups.

Methinks the full article. is worth your while.

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