"You see what they're doing to Michele Bachmann?" Beck asked. "Michele Bachmann is under all kinds of ethics investigations now. Why do you suppose that is? ... She is uber-clear on what's going on. Uber-clear."
But Beck suggested there were other reasons for a supposed radical Islamic-linked backlash against Bachmann. According to him, she'd demonstrated her clarity on what was "going on" because she'd asked the State Department for answers on why it was sending Somali refugees to her district.
Beck is right about one thing. Many Somalis do live in Minnesota -- more than 32,000 [ http://www.startribune.com/132670583.html ] according to census data. But the State Department's decision to select Minnesota and Bachmann's district as a destination for Somali refugees far predates the controversial congresswoman's entrance into politics.
It began in the early 1990s, when civil war broke out in Somalia, forcing refugees to flee to neighboring countries. Many eventually ended up in the U.S., and the State Department sent them to Minnesota, confident that the region's voluntary agencies, or VOLAGS -- groups that partner with the federal government -- could provide a strong infrastructure for their resettlement.
But the Somalis have largely stayed, somewhere around 30,000 of them, partially because of the strength of the non-governmental VOLAGS, and partially because of the strength of governmental programs to help refugees begin a new life ...
After the first wave is assigned here, the second wave of relatives and friends soon followed.
What any of this has to do with the mounting investigations and legal problems Bachmann now faces, only Beck knows.
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