Vast fraud of Minnesota Somali migrants, starting with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) marrying her brother
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:06 pm
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - This week, federal officials made an astounding announcement: Nearly half of all immigrants in greater Minneapolis were found to have committed some form of immigration fraud.
The fraud, uncovered in a September sweep, came in all kinds — sham marriages, fake death certificates and “other bizarre schemes,” as US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edley put it.
But the revelation was no great surprise to those of us who have followed the settlement of some 100,000 Somali immigrants in Minnesota over the past three decades.
As far back as 2008, the State Department temporarily suspended one of the family reunification programs used by Somali immigrants when DNA testing of applicants found that 80% of all its claimed family relationships were fake.
Immigration fraud in this community has been the norm.
And when it comes to “bizarre schemes,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) serves as Exhibit A.
Omar is accused, and has never credibly denied, that she married her brother to get him legal papers.
In 2016, following up on a tip posted on a local Somali discussion board, I found that Omar — then a first-time candidate for the Minnesota state legislature — had “religiously married,” but not legally married, Ahmed Hirsi, the father of her children.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/opinion/v ... g-exposed/