The Council on American-Islamic Relations is claiming that President Donald Trump’s impending repeal of deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota, following reporting about state welfare funds being used to sponsor Islamic terrorism, is part of an “Israel First” conspiracy against Muslims in America.

CAIR’s strategy of spinning an anti-Israel narrative about the Somali fraudsters scandal comes as the Muslim rights group faces increasing scrutiny for its alleged funding ties to foreign terrorists and as GOP leadership takes further aim at those allegedly complicit in the Minnesota welfare fraud schemes.