Minnesota Somali Community

with you, Mr. Balu. Thank you for being here. May I ask you this, does large scale Somali immigration make Minnesota stronger or weaker? Certainly stronger. Certainly. What percentage of Somali headed households in Minnesota are on food stamps? No. 54%. Do you know what that number is for native Minnesota headed households? Well, to be a majority of It's 7%. There's a big difference between 54% and 7%, excuse me, sir. I answer the question. Let me move on. I've got a lot of questions. What. What percentage of Somali headed households in Minnesota are on Medicaid? I don't know. It's 73%. Do you know what that number is for Minnesota native households? Again, you're using the phrase Minnesota native households. The number. The number is 18%. That's a wide and astounding difference. Let me ask you one more and then we can go on. What. What percentage of Somali headed households are on in general? I don't know. It's 81%. What about, uh, ask you, after 10 years of United States, what percentage of Somali immigrant households are on. On welfare? Is for native Minnesota headed households? Again, you're using non Somali immigrant, immigrant headed households. If I can question. So, again, the majority of Somali Minnesotans are United States, it's only 8,000 of the hundred and eight thousand. Nevertheless, the, the welfare usage is astoundingly different. Let me ask that make Minnesota stronger or weaker? Again, I, I'd like the the question here. So, again, the majority of Somali Minnesotans are United States, it. Okay, what, what percentage of of working age Somalis who have for 10 years or more? 10 years or more? How many of them speak English very well? I don't know. About half. The answer is about half. That doesn't it? Again, I It doesn't sound makes our, our country stronger most Americans would most Americans would agree with me would need to