Tag: Somali

ICE said Yusuf was in the country illegally at the time of the arrest and posed a continued threat to public safety.

The bulk of the scams were tied to false claims submitted by individuals who established nonprofits and aid businesses, many of them within the state’s Somali community.

The University of Bristol lists him as holding a Ph.D. and working as a research assistant in fields including gender studies, queer theory, decolonization, and international development.

Providers within Ohio’s Somali community approached her privately, claiming they were being pressured to participate in what she called a “massive” and long-running scheme targeting the state’s Medicaid home healthcare ...

“This sounds like treason."

He argued that a lack of shared cultural expectations and civic engagement created gaps in oversight and reporting. 

"We don't really have a lot of people who are undocumented."

The heightened enforcement comes on the heels of revelations involving large-scale fraud within Minnesota’s Somali migrant community. 

Members of Minnesota’s Somali community were responsible for significant portions of the fraud, and that federal counter-terrorism sources confirmed millions of dollars in stolen funds were ultimately transferred to Somalia.