Walz extends Minnesota's welcome mat to
Afghan refugees
Posted By: Ribicon, 8/20/2021 2:04:21 PM
St. Paul, Minn.—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is extending a welcome mat for refugees from Afghanistan. In a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday, Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan offered to to work with the federal government to continue Minnesota's history of welcoming refugees by assisting with the resettlement of people fleeing Afghanistan.(Snip)Minnesota is already home to some of the largest Hmong, Somali and Liberian communities in the U.S., as well as a small Afghan community. The state has also drawn significant numbers of refugees in recent decades from Myanmar, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Iraq, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bosnia and the former Soviet Union.
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The dope calls them "New Minnesotans," the same way I use New Americans or Replacement Americans but in a negative context.