(BizPac Review) The Department of Homeland Security highlighted Maine state Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D), commenting on her goal of helping “our country of Somalia.”
A Somali refugee who came to America in 1992 when she married a Somali businessman in Atlanta, Dhalac’s remarks draw into question the concept of assimilation.
“How can the politics in Somalia resonate with what we have here in the United States, the democracy that we have?” Dhalac asked. “How can you help us be a better country and build back what we used to have a long time ago? So hopefully, we will be able to help our country, our former country, Somalia.”
DHS shared the clip, adding a one-word response: “Pause.”
