History of How Our Politicians Screwed the US, Again
Segment #701
Former ICE Official: Somali Migration to U.S. Marked ‘Greatest Refugee Fraud Crisis in Modern Times’
A decade of Somali migration to the United States was plagued with mass fraud, the federal government and a retired Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official previously revealed.
The P-3 refugee pipeline, created by the Refugee Act of 1980, allows refugees to apply for their spouses, unmarried children, and parents to also receive refugee status in the U.S. From 2003 through 2008, Africans, including Somalis, represented more than 95 percent of the refugees who arrived in the U.S. through the P-3 program.
In March 2008, after some 36,000 mostly Africans had entered the U.S. as P-3 refugees — the majority of whom resettled in Minnesota — the program was halted by then-President George W. Bush after the State Department unveiled mass fraud.
The State Department published a report in November 2008 detailing how the agency had started requiring P-3 refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Liberia to take DNA tests to prove they were blood relatives to the U.S.-bound refugees sponsoring them for such status.
The DNA tests ultimately revealed the State Department was “only able to confirm all claimed biological relationships in fewer than 20% of cases (family units),” the report stated:
We initially tested a sample of some 500 refugees (primarily Somali and Ethiopian) in Nairobi, Kenya under consideration for U.S. resettlement through the P-3 program. After that sample suggested high rates of fraud, we expanded testing to Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia and Cote d’Ivoire. Most of the approximately 3,000 refugees tested are from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Liberia. Note that the initial DNA testing was limited to members of families applying for the P-3 program, and not between the applicants and the anchor relative in the United States. [Emphasis added]
Retired ICE official Charles Thaddeus Fillinger published a 30-page brief in July 2018 regarding what he calls “the greatest refugee fraud crisis in modern times” and “possibly the biggest blunder in immigration history.”
“Thousands of fraudulent P-3 refugees (most using false identities) streamed into the United States for years before the suspension,” Fillinger wrote. “When 25 percent of the U.S. workforce was unemployed in the 1930s, it was called the ‘Great Depression.’ With near 100 percent fraud levels in the failed P-3 program, it is accurate to call it the greatest refugee fraud crisis in modern times.”
Former President Barack Obama reinstated the P-3 refugee pipeline in 2012 after making a number of reforms, including requiring DNA testing for applicants to prove familial ties to refugees in the U.S.
Joe Rogan Reveals the Real Ilhan Omar
When People Tell You Who They Are - Believe Them
The Context of Ilhan Omar's Statement
The quote you're referring to originates from a 2019 speech by U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to a Somali-American audience in Minneapolis. In the speech, she encouraged Somali diaspora members in the U.S. to leverage their influence to advocate for Somalia's interests in American policy.
The key excerpt, translated from Somali, is: "The U.S. government will only do what Somalians in the U.S. tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else. They must follow our orders, and that is how we will safeguard the interests of Somalia. We Somalians must have the confidence in ourselves that we call the shots in the U.S."
This has been widely circulated in conservative media and social posts as evidence of divided loyalties, often framed as Omar suggesting foreign control over U.S. policy. Fact-checkers like Snopes have rated it "Mostly False" in viral forms, noting it's a mistranslation or exaggeration—Omar was actually emphasizing civic engagement and lobbying power, not literal "orders" to the government. She later clarified: "I was urging my constituents to engage with government at all levels to advocate for their interests and the interests of their country of origin." The full speech video (in Somali with English subtitles) is available on platforms like YouTube, showing her promoting voting, community organizing, and bipartisan advocacy.
Joe Rogan's Discussion (Appears to be now removed from YouTube)
Joe Rogan addressed this quote on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, specifically in episode #2105 with guest Dave Smith (aired around October 2024). Rogan played a clip of the speech and reacted with disbelief and criticism, saying something to the effect of: "Listen to this—Ilhan Omar telling Somalians that the U.S. has to do what they tell it to do. That's wild."
He used it as an example of how some politicians prioritize foreign interests over American ones, tying it into broader discussions on immigration, dual loyalty, and political influence. Rogan didn't originate the clip but amplified it to his audience, calling it "insane" and questioning Omar's fitness for office.This moment resurfaced in late 2025 amid ongoing debates on U.S. foreign aid to Somalia and Omar's reelection. Fan accounts like
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If you're looking for the exact Rogan clip, search JRE #2105 on Spotify or YouTube. For the original Omar speech, it's from July 2019—let me know if you want links or more details!