It’s clear that an outsized level of corruption exists among the Somali newcomers in Minnesota.

Tax dollars allegedly flow into autism treatment centers to treat children who don’t have autism, and state funds prop up charitable ventures that employ scores of people but fail to engage in any legitimate charitable functions.

That’s just what we know from the existing indictments.

And while most of the reporting not unexpectedly focuses on the fiscal extent of the fraud, there’s a broader, gnawing crisis: the immigrant reliance on welfare.

It’s difficult to work out the exact percentage of Minnesota Somalis who rely on some form of government handout, but it’s extraordinarily high.

President Donald Trump shared a graph on social media that showed 72% of Somalis were on welfare.

It’s unclear where he got those numbers, but it’s not beyond the realm of possibility.

One study, for instance, contends that 86% of Somali households with children receive Medicaid.

Reliance on the state is antithetical to long-term economic and civic success.

Just look at Europe, where

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