‘IMMIGRATION FRAUD EXPLODES!’ Trump ENDS Somali Deportation Protections In Minnesota | Ilhan Omar

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📰 Immigration Fraud Explodes: Trump Terminates Somali Deportation Protections in Minnesota Amid Terror Funding Crisis

The political and legal landscape in Minnesota has been rocked by the announcement from President Donald Trump that he is terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali nationals residing in the state, effective immediately. The drastic measure follows a series of damning federal investigations that have exposed unprecedented levels of immigration and welfare fraud in Minneapolis, with millions of stolen taxpayer dollars allegedly being funneled to the Somali terror group, Al-Shabaab.

The decision by the President puts the spotlight directly on the alleged widespread criminality within Minnesota’s sizable Somali population and the political establishment—including Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—that has failed to curb the schemes. The federal government’s action marks a significant escalation in the battle against corruption and foreign entanglement.

I. The Presidential Directive and National Security Concerns

President Donald Trump initiated the action with a blunt statement, framing the enforcement as necessary to combat systemic fraud and associated security risks.

The Executive Order:

“Minnesota under Governor Tim Walz is a hub for fraudulent money laundering activity… I am as president of the United States hereby terminating effective immediately the temporary protection status for Somali in Minnesota. Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of the great state and billions of dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s over.”

The termination of TPS—a program allowing temporary legal status due to dangerous conditions in the home country—is a direct response to the documented abuse of U.S. social systems.

The Terror Link: The order is underpinned by a new investigation from the Manhattan Institute, which alleges that millions of stolen funds from programs like Feeding Our Future and the Medicaid Housing Stabilization Service (HSS) are being funneled to Al-Shabaab, a terror group linked to Al-Qaeda in Somalia.

II. The Unmasking of Fraud: A System Out of Control

The Minneapolis/St. Paul area has been revealed as the center of an epidemic of fraud, spanning both welfare and immigration systems.

1. Systemic Immigration Fraud

US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow announced the findings of a massive operation involving over a thousand site visits in the Minneapolis area. The results were shocking:

High Incidence of Fraud: Officers found indication of fraud, non-compliance, or public safety and national security concerns in nearly 50% of the cases interviewed.

Blatant Schemes: The operation uncovered blatant marriage fraud (marrying U.S. citizens solely for immigration purposes), visa overstays, people claiming to work at non-existent businesses, and forged documents.

Extreme Cases: Officers found an individual who had overstayed his visa, who was the son of a suspected terrorist on the no-fly list. They also discovered a case where an individual obtained a fake death certificate in Kenya for just $100 to fraudulently obtain a divorce, despite his wife being alive in Minneapolis.

2. The Feeding Our Future Scandal (The 77th Defendant)

The largest single case remains the Feeding Our Future scheme, which the DOJ has identified as the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country.

Scale of Theft: The scheme involved claims of more than 300,000 meals served to children, resulting in over $1 million in fraudulently obtained federal reimbursement funds for a single defendant.

The 77th Defendant: Ouzman Kamara, the 77th defendant charged, was previously disqualified from the SNAP program in 2015 for suspected fraud but was able to re-enroll his grocery store in the Federal Children Nutrition Program in 2020. Kamara fraudulently claimed to be serving 1,000 children a day, 7 days a week at his small storefront and subsequently wired over $100,000 in fraud proceeds abroad.

This systemic fraud, involving individuals previously flagged for theft, directly contributed to the federal government’s decision to take unprecedented enforcement action.

III. The Political and Financial Reckoning

The investigations suggest that the political and civic structures of Minneapolis were either complicit or utterly incapable of monitoring the welfare programs they administered.

The Money Trail: The fact that individuals like Kamara were able to wire hundreds of thousands of dollars abroad raises crucial questions about the validity of the Manhattan Institute’s claim: that so much of the fraudulent money is being funneled to Al-Shabaab, a group that would certainly benefit from hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars. Given that the 77th defendant alone sent over $100,000 overseas, the sheer volume of such transfers from dozens, if not hundreds, of conspirators is immense.

The Lack of Controls: The ease with which criminals could enroll and exploit these programs—like the defendant who claimed to feed twice the number of students enrolled in the entire Minneapolis public school district—demonstrates a disastrous lack of fiscal oversight. The fraud continues to mount, with charges being filed daily, showing that the system is hemorrhaging taxpayer dollars.

The termination of TPS status for Somali nationals in Minnesota is framed as a necessary measure to stop this cycle of systemic theft and to enforce the integrity of U.S. immigration and welfare laws. The legal challenges to this order are anticipated, but the President’s explicit linkage of the TPS status to fraudulent activity marks a significant escalation in the federal government’s enforcement strategy.

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