These fraudsters do need to be stopped, not exactly sure if it is wokeness, negligence, institutional lack of oversight, or maybe all three, but these abuses have to stop.
Allegations that more than a dozen Minnesota safety net programs, including child care and housing services, misused federal funds have roiled the city in recent months.
April 28, 2026 at 12:17 p.m. EDT
Federal law enforcement officers have conducted raids on more than 20 businesses in Minneapolis, many with ties to the Somali immigrant community, as part of an investigation into misuse of federal funds, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Officers executed 22 federal search warrants at businesses in the city during the operation, which began early Tuesday, according to a Justice Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the ongoing investigation. The official said it was not an immigration enforcement operation.
“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” a spokesman for the Justice Department said in a statement.
A spokesman for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) said the office was involved in executing five of the search warrants at autism support centers that receive Medicaid funding. Additional searches took place at day care centers and other facilities, he said.
Allegations that more than a dozen Minnesota safety net programs — including child care and housing services — misused federal funds have roiled the city in recent months, leading the Trump administration to launch Operation Metro Surge late last year. The federal crackdown resulted in widespread protests, the deaths of two protesters and more than 4,000 arrests.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) announced in January that he would not seek a third term as members of his own party expressed concerns that his handling of the fraud cases could affect his reelection chances.
Because many of the businesses accused of fraud have associations with the Somali community, President Donald Trump and other conservatives have used the allegations as a way of criticizing the immigrant group. In a Cabinet meeting last year, Trump said he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the country and referred to them as “garbage.”
WaPo
Federal officers raid 22 businesses, many Somali-linked, in Minneapolis
Allegations that more than a dozen Minnesota safety net programs, including child care and housing services, misused federal funds have roiled the city in recent months.
April 28, 2026 at 12:17 p.m. EDT
Federal law enforcement officers have conducted raids on more than 20 businesses in Minneapolis, many with ties to the Somali immigrant community, as part of an investigation into misuse of federal funds, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Officers executed 22 federal search warrants at businesses in the city during the operation, which began early Tuesday, according to a Justice Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the ongoing investigation. The official said it was not an immigration enforcement operation.
“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” a spokesman for the Justice Department said in a statement.
A spokesman for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) said the office was involved in executing five of the search warrants at autism support centers that receive Medicaid funding. Additional searches took place at day care centers and other facilities, he said.
Allegations that more than a dozen Minnesota safety net programs — including child care and housing services — misused federal funds have roiled the city in recent months, leading the Trump administration to launch Operation Metro Surge late last year. The federal crackdown resulted in widespread protests, the deaths of two protesters and more than 4,000 arrests.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) announced in January that he would not seek a third term as members of his own party expressed concerns that his handling of the fraud cases could affect his reelection chances.
Because many of the businesses accused of fraud have associations with the Somali community, President Donald Trump and other conservatives have used the allegations as a way of criticizing the immigrant group. In a Cabinet meeting last year, Trump said he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the country and referred to them as “garbage.”
WaPo
