Author Beth Brelje profileCivil war and famine spurred many Somalians to immigrate to the United States in 1991 and settle in Minnesota. That was 34 years ago. Somalians could have assimilated into U.S. culture by now, but American taxpayers have been roped into funding programs that coddle Somalians’ Third-World culture and disincentivize their assimilation.

The Somali population explosion has rendered parts of Minneapolis unrecognizable as they impose a decidedly non-American culture on every aspect of the city. Somalis are members of the police forcecity councilstate legislature, and even Congress, still speaking their own language in those positions and, at times, cutting English speakers out of the loop. Their business signs are not in English. To the Western eye, their women’s clothing looks oppressive on a hot day. The Muslim call to prayer can be broadcast across Minneapolis five times a day. …

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