Overview
- Federal prosecutors report 59 convictions linked to Minnesota social‑services fraud schemes with losses exceeding $1 billion.
- ICE launched targeted operations in the Twin Cities, with arrests including Abdul Dahir Ibrahim, who is now held at the McCook ICE facility in Nebraska.
- The Treasury Department has opened a review into allegations that some diverted funds were sent overseas to Al‑Shabaab, a development still under investigation.
- President Trump escalated derogatory remarks about Somali immigrants, calling them “garbage,” as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz condemned the language as dangerous and un-American.
- Religious leaders and community groups rallied in Minneapolis to support Somali residents, while Mayor Jacob Frey restricted city property from being used to stage immigration enforcement.