In recent weeks, a wave of investigations has uncovered staggering levels of welfare fraud, much of it tied to migrant communities—particularly in Minnesota's Somali diaspora. Billions in taxpayer dollars intended for child nutrition programs, autism therapy, housing stabilization, and other services have been siphoned off through fake claims, shell companies, and bogus providers. Federal prosecutors describe the schemes as brazen and massive, with losses potentially exceeding billions in just a few programs alone.
At the same time, immigrants—both legal and illegal—send enormous sums overseas in remittances, often hundreds of billions annually from the U.S. American taxpayers foot the bill for their food, housing, healthcare, and other benefits through public assistance... yet many have surplus income to wire back home, propping up foreign economies instead of contributing here.
This isn't stimulus circulating in our communities—it's outright extraction. If recipients truly need support to survive, how are they funding lavish lifestyles abroad? It's time to close the loopholes: restrict or ban remittances for anyone on government aid, and enforce strict eligibility to end the abuse. American taxpayers deserve better.
Worst part about the foreigner fraud is that they send the money to the third world. Rather than spend it here, where at least we could cope by saying it’s a Keynesian stimulus. Now? Pure looting. Time to tax remittances and ban them outright.
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) December 28, 2025
We would not need to ban or tax all remittances to crack down specifically on remittances by non-citizens who receive taxpayer-funded welfare benefits. If you're supported by the state on the grounds of being unable to support yourself, you shouldn't be simultaneously supporting… https://t.co/IYJvbmBwNX
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) December 29, 2025
Others suggest only taxing remittances sent by people also receiving government assistance. That would be very difficult to track, so it might just be easier to tax them all.
We can send in the FBI and DOJ to one-by-one prosecute the fraud gangs in Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Idaho, Washington, Rhode Island, Maryland, Georgia, Maine, Wisconsin, Michigan, California…
— joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸) (@JoshuaSteinman) December 28, 2025
Or we can just tax remittances by 50%. https://t.co/ssrjTf90YO
Or, we could do both. The American taxpayers deserve as much.
Been like this for decades, used to work landscaping in college whole crew 12-18 guys all lived together, sent 80 percent of pay back to Mexico through western union every week, this Somalia fraud is just bigger numbers https://t.co/PBoJjv5rbm
— Jeff Thomas 🇺🇸 (@Thomas_Jeff_C) December 29, 2025
Democrats import voters, pay for all their major living expenses, then direct hundreds of millions more to them under false pretenses to they can export it back to their home countries. https://t.co/7PIrsX0zrL
— Ryan Hanigan (@ryan_hanigan) December 28, 2025
Nobody who receives welfare or any form of public assistance from American taxpayers should be able to send remittances or any money overseas. If such a law existed & was enforced, it would minimize the welfare fraud and insurance fraud rings nationwide.
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) December 29, 2025
Remove incentives for people to want to come here illegally.
We won't need ICE if we just stop paying them to stay
— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) December 29, 2025
Asylum seekers should also not be vacationing in the country they claim to be fleeing.
— Simon Unleashed (@SimonSaysKnow) December 29, 2025
You either fear for your life in that country or want to spend your leisure time there.
It cant be both.
This is another great point. If they feel 'safe' enough to go back on vacation, they never needed to leave in the first place.
ABSOLUTELY!
— Joey Meugniot (@realjoeymUS) December 30, 2025
Tax the hell out of remittances or just ban them outright. These fraudsters send billions back home while living off our welfare, we should cut that pipeline NOW.
And if you “flee persecution” to claim asylum, then turn around and vacation back in your “dangerous”… https://t.co/WYctyRxikE
Sounds like Congress should get right on it.
