Ilhan Omar

We know the way in which people were described back then when they were Italian immigrants.

And to me, yes, of course.

Of course, ethnically Somali, we are in this country as Americans.

We are citizens.

We are productive part of this nation.

And we will continue to be.

This is certainly not what the founding fathers of the American dream were thinking about when they set out to write the Constitution.

Well, I want to say, you know, this also has an impact on Somalis because we are also taxpayers in Minnesota.

We also could have benefited from the program and the money that was stolen.

And so it's been really frustrating for people to not acknowledge the fact that we're also, as Minnesotans, as taxpayers, really upset and angry about the fraud that has occurred.

I mean, when I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremist rhetoric, it reminds me, yes, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany.

you know as as we know uh there have been many immigrants who've tried to come to the united states who've turned back be you know one of them being jewish immigrants um we know the way that people were described who were coming from ireland irish immigrants we know the way in which people were described back then um when they were italian immigrants uh and to me you know we're we're yes of

Of course, ethnically Somali, we are in this country as Americans.

We are citizens.

We are productive part of this nation and we will continue to be.

He's always been a racist, a bigot, a xenophobic, and Islamophobic.

We know that he called African nations a shithole in his first administration.

We know that when he came down that escalator, he said he was going to stop Muslim immigration

into this country.

And so it is not surprising that he is going after black immigrants in this country.