US EditionState Somali leaders condemn Stauber's new bill
The bill targets child care fraud with penalties including DOJ referrals and easier deportations, but critics say it unfairly stigmatizes Somali and Muslim providers.
- Friday's statement from Minnesota Somali and Muslim leaders said CAIR-Minnesota called U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber's 'Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act' discriminatory and deeply irresponsible.
- According to Stauber's office, the bill would ban providers convicted of fraud from federally funded child care assistance programs, require full restitution, refer cases to the U.S. Department of Justice, and a Senate companion by Sen. John Cornyn advances similar aims.
- Asserting links to widespread schemes, Stauber said he blamed fraud schemes that some claim are being used to deflect from issues of race.
- In a statement to the News Tribune on Monday, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber dismissed CAIR's criticism, saying, 'We will not be intimidated by these inaccurate accusations made by people who want to see this fraud continue.'
- The backdrop includes federal intervention earlier this year when the Trump administration sent 3,000 federal border patrol agents into Minnesota, and community leaders urged due process, saying fraud is committed by individuals.
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Minnesota Somali leaders condemn Rep. Stauber’s new bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s bill to increase penalties for child care fraud is facing pushback by Muslim and Somali leaders in Minnesota. In a news release Friday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota called the Hermantown congressman’s “Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act” bill “discriminatory and deeply irresponsible.” The U.S. Senate version of the bill, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in January, said it stands for “S…
State Somali leaders condemn Stauber’s new bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s bill to increase penalties for child care fraud is facing pushback by Muslim and Somali leaders in Minnesota. In a news release Friday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota called the Hermantown congressman’s “Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act” bill “discriminatory and deeply irresponsible.” The U.S. Senate version of the bill, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in January, said it stands for “S…
State Somali leaders condemn Stauber's new bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber's bill to increase penalties for child care fraud is facing pushback by Muslim and Somali leaders in Minnesota. In a news release Friday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota called the Hermantown congressman's "Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act" bill "discriminatory and deeply irresponsible." The U.S. Senate version of the bill, introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in January, said it stands …
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