Overview
- During a Pennsylvania speech, the president mocked Rep. Ilhan Omar’s hijab, told supporters to “get her the hell out,” and repeated the disputed claim that she married her brother as the crowd chanted “send her back.”
- Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged dozens, largely of Somali descent, in multi‑scheme cases involving pandemic child‑nutrition programs, housing aid, and autism‑therapy billing with losses estimated from hundreds of millions to billions.
- The administration has moved to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals and launched ICE’s Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, which has detained at least 19 people, including eight Somalis.
- Investigators are probing whether portions of alleged fraud proceeds were routed to Somalia, with possible links to Al‑Shabaab under examination and not publicly established.
- Conservative outlets also spotlighted a Maine whistleblower’s claim that Gateway Community Services falsified Medicaid visit records, noting ties between the group and two Somali state legislators, while community leaders condemned collective blame and denounced dehumanizing rhetoric.