Minnesota’s Welfare Data Tells a Different Story Than the Democrat Narrative

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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said new information suggests a large majority of Somalis living in Minnesota are dependent on government assistance, raising renewed questions about the impact of Democratic immigration policies and the scope of public benefit usage by illegal aliens.

Comer said the issue is politically sensitive and often avoided by Democrats, despite what he described as troubling data about welfare dependency in the state.

“Because they don’t want to offend that population,” Comer said.

“And the early numbers that I’m getting in on the Somalis in Minnesota is 75% of the Somalis in Minnesota are on full government assistance. That’s full welfare.”

Comer linked the situation to immigration policies under the Biden-Harris administration, arguing that Democrats deliberately kept the border open under the premise of addressing labor shortages but failed to acknowledge the fiscal consequences.

“The whole reason that the Democrats left the border open during the Biden administration was to allow people to come in, and what they said would provide jobs, you know, because there’s a shortage of workers,” Comer said.

“And I agree there’s workers.”

He said the reality in Minnesota does not align with those claims, pointing to what he described as widespread reliance on taxpayer-funded programs.

“But you got a massive population in that one state, and the overwhelming majority of that population is on Medicaid and then and other types of government programs,” Comer said.

Comer also disputed Democratic assertions that illegal aliens are not receiving Medicaid benefits, suggesting the true scale of enrollment may be understated and could soon be exposed through further review.

“Even when Democrats say there are no illegals on Medicaid,” he said.

“I think that’s that that’s going to be proven to be booked in Minnesota.”

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