Patriot Brief
Oregon state Sen. Kayse Jama denounced ICE in a public speech despite living in the U.S. since 1998.
Protests escalated nationwide after an ICE agent fatally shot Minnesota resident Renee Good.
Large-scale fraud cases involving Somali-linked nonprofits and daycare centers have drawn federal scrutiny.
The controversy surrounding Oregon state Sen. Kayse Jama isn’t just about one speech or one protest — it’s about how immigration, enforcement, and accountability are increasingly treated as taboo topics by political leadership. Jama’s remarks in Portland condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement were blunt and confrontational, and his delivery quickly became part of the story itself. Rather than focusing on policy disagreements or legal arguments, the moment turned into a viral spectacle that fed an already volatile atmosphere.
That atmosphere intensified following the death of Renee Good, who was shot during an encounter with ICE agents in Minneapolis. The incident sparked protests in multiple cities, with activists and politicians quickly framing the shooting as emblematic of broader enforcement abuse, even as details of the encounter continued to emerge. These situations tend to move faster in the court of public opinion than they ever do in official investigations.
At the same time, Minnesota has been dealing with a series of fraud cases that complicate the narrative. Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of individuals in connection with the Feeding Our Future scandal, which allegedly siphoned hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from programs intended to feed low-income children. Reporting and on-the-ground investigations by Nick Shirley further highlighted daycare centers that appeared to exist largely on paper while receiving substantial public funding.
Despite the scale of the fraud, Democratic officials and major media outlets have largely framed criticism as unfair targeting of the Somali community. Statements from leaders such as Jacob Frey and appearances by Peggy Flanagan emphasized solidarity while avoiding direct engagement with oversight failures. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump took the opposite approach, terminating Temporary Protected Status for many Somalis and using deliberately provocative language.
What’s missing from both sides is a serious willingness to separate enforcement, fraud, and immigration policy from identity politics. Until that happens, outrage will continue to replace accountability, and public trust will keep eroding.
From Daily Caller:
Democratic Oregon state Sen. Kayse Jama is audibly incapable of speaking fluent English despite having moved to the U.S. nearly three decades ago.
Jama spoke at a podium in Portland on Thursday, where he, in broken English, condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and told them to get out of their city. The state senator moved to the U.S. in 1998, according to his biography.
“This [is] Oregon, we do not need you … you’re not welcome and you need to get the hell out of our community,” Jama spat out.
Anti-ICE sentiment and protests have erupted in major U.S. cities following the death of 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minnesota resident fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Footage showed her maroon Honda SUV blocking a lane where ICE agents were driving, which caused agents to step out of their vehicle and demand that she exit her car. Good then slightly backed up and began accelerating forward, prompting the officer to shoot.
Somalis are at the center of several fraudulent schemes being uncovered across the U.S., particularly in Minnesota, where federal prosecutors have charged 85 Somalis and about a dozen others with stealing over $350 million in taxpayer dollars from Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit that intended to feed low-income children.
YouTuber Nick Shirley exposed 10 Somali daycare centers that appear to not provide any services, despite receiving taxpayer funds. The Quality “Learing” Center, which misspelled the word, “Learning,” received $1.9 million in 2025 and $4 million in total funding from Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). Five of the 10 daycare centers visited by Shirley operated as meal sites for Feeding Our Future, causing them to receive $5 million from the program between 2018 and 2021.
The Quality “Learing” Center shut its doors on Wednesday and cannot reopen without submitting a new license application.
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