Yes, that’s what billion-dollar fraud schemes in Minneapolis, and ten-million-dollar fraud schemes in Lewiston, Maine, will do to how Americans view Somalis: not well at all. The latest opinion poll by J.L. Partners rank Somalis as viewed far more unfavorably compared to other immigrant groups. And that poll was taken as even more Somali fraud scandals are being unearthed almost every week. In Minneapolis, there is still much investigation to be done, and some officials think that what they initially thought was a one-billion dollar fraud may balloon into a ten-billion dollar fraud.
