ALEX BERENSON: Minnesota learned the hard way that tribes don't vanish at the border

Author argues Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota stems from tribal culture clashing with Western individualism, citing clan loyalty over civic duty.

Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter and the author of 13 novels, three non-fiction books, and the "Unreported Truths" Substack.

I have visited a vast Somali refugee camp in northern Kenya and the Indian Ocean coast, where Somali kidnappers have recently captured and killed several Europeans.

Now I am back in Nairobi, talking about the problem of Somalia, which Kenyans face up close. Kenya is mostly Christian. Somalis are Muslim — and poor even by African standards. Kenya needs Western safari tourism for jobs and cash. The kidnappings have not helped. Kenyans would rather keep their neighbors out. But the United Nations and international aid groups have given them little choice (oh, the irony; poor countries hate open borders even more than rich ones).