500 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Minnesota, 1,000 Immigration-Fraud Cases Investigated: DHS Official

As additional investigators surge to fraud-plagued Minnesota, federal agents have already arrested 500 illegal immigrants and probed 1,000 immigration-fraud cases during the past two months, a Homeland Security official estimated.

Tricia McLaughlin, Homeland Security assistant secretary, gave those updated figures Dec. 30 during an interview with the Charlie Kirk Show.

Fraud was substantiated in about half of the immigration-fraud investigations, she said, and many of the arrested illegal immigrants were from Somalia.

Somalis dominate the list of nearly 100 people federally charged in various schemes to defraud the government, authorities have said.

McLaughlin gave additional details in a Dec. 30 Fox News interview. She said “hundreds” of investigators were on the ground in Minnesota.

They were knocking on doors of day care centers, health care centers, and “other organizations that take taxpayer dollars,” she said.

“These suspected perpetrators are really trying to cover their tracks,” McLaughlin said. She accused the suspects of “trying to whitewash” their operations to appear to be “legitimate” businesses, but they are shams, McLaughlin said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ramped up its operations in Minnesota in recent months, well before a media firestorm erupted over widespread Somali childcare fraud.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/500-illegal-immigrants-arrested-minnesota-1000-immigration-fraud-cases-investigated-dhs

NEW: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stated in a New Year’s Eve interview with journalist Ignacio Ramonet on state television that his government is open to negotiating with the Trump administration on combating drug trafficking and facilitating U.S. oil investments.

The discussion occurred during a car ride, with a red cap reading “NO WAR, YES PEACE” visible in the backseat.

Maduro criticized the U.S. adoption of the Monroe Doctrine as outdated and opposition leader Maria Machado as widely rejected in Venezuela.

He claimed 95% of Venezuelans oppose U.S. military threats.

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BREAKING: The Trump SBA just SUSPENDED 6,900 Minnesota borrowers due to suspected PPE and EIDL loan fraud with half a BILLION DOLLARS
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Stephen Miller warns Democrats’ Minnesota strategy threatens America

Miller says the Democrat Party gained permanent power in Minnesota by importing 100,000 Somalians, creating elections decided by clan and ethnic lines. “That’s their model for America,” he warns, “to turn the country into a version of Somalia—easier to rule than a high-trust, functioning society.” He calls it a generational betrayal and urges “less Somalia, more America.”
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Fraud is being tackled from every angle. Now the SBA is taking action.

Look how a simple youtuber, Nick Shirley, impacted an entire nation.

This is how "we the people" need to continue. Think you can't make a difference? Heck yes you can.

https://x.com/SBA_Kelly/status/2006893291241980325

LAWBREAKERS ARE GOING BACK.

The intrepid ICE and HSI law enforcement are arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota.

Justice will be served for the American people.

Homeland Security

Eric Daugherty

BREAKING: The Trump SBA just SUSPENDED 6,900 Minnesota borrowers due to suspected PPE and EIDL loan fraud with half a BILLION DOLLARS

Holy smokes.

Fraud is being uncovered every day at this point.

DEFUND MINNESOTA!

NOW - FBI arrests 18-year-old Christian Sturtevant for planning ISIS-inspired terror attack in North Carolina. Mr. Sturtevant was in contact with NYPD and FBI undercover agents while planning the attack: "He was preparing for jihad and innocent people were going to die."

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Elon Musk Says “Then It Is War” After Somali TikToker Appears to Threaten His Life in Viral Video — TikToker Now Claims Her Statement Was Taken Out of Context

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/elon-musk-says-then-it-is-war-after/

Elon Musk: "USAID was not just an apple with a few worms inside, it was a festering ball of worms in the shape of an apple" 🍎🐍

Everything is coordinated. Everything is connected. All the shenanigans pushed by, and paid for, by the same globalists who want to usher in a new world order.

Instead of sharing the video Elon is responding to, where someone is scrolling through an article without giving credit to the writer of the article, here is a direct link to the article from last October that includes all the details:

"USAID was Funding BOTH the Wuhan Lab gain-of-function research AND Smartmatic Election Systems as 'NO KINGS' Readies Color Revolution TODAY": https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/bombshell-usaid-was-funding-both

Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill says the state of Minnesota still hasn’t submitted any receipts for federal funding after fraud crackdown.

MELUGIN: “You want justification for why they need that money. Has the state given you anything yet?”

O’NEILL: “We are still waiting. We told them on Tuesday we need receipts. We are not going to send money to Minnesota until we know it is not going to fraud, and the burden of proof is on them to show it.”

“So we have asked them to send receipts, and we are eager to review them.”

MELUGIN: “And still nothing yet?”

O’NEILL: “Nothing yet.”

BREAKING: The Trump administration just confirmed Minnesota has sent ZERO RECEIPTS to the federal government on suspended childcare payments
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🚨SECOND AMENDMENT WIN🚨

In a 2-1 decision, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that California's prohibition on openly carrying firearms in counties with populations exceeding 200,000 residents VIOLATES the Second Amendment.

https://x.com/BreannaMorello/status/2007213880079200438?s=20

Today I sent Secretary Simon a letter demanding records pertaining to Minnesota’s “vouching” system for voter registration, pursuant to my authority under the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

This system seems facially inconsistent with the Help America Vote Act of 2002. We’ll see!

https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2007095893888221522?s=20

Those committing fraud in Minnesota will be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

ALREADY 98 DEFENDANTS CHARGED, 64 CONVICTED.

@TheJusticeDept is taking action against America-hating fraudsters in Minnesota who are stealing from hardworking taxpayers.

RT @RapidResponse47: The Trump Administration has suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers amid ~$400 million in suspected fraudulent activity — banning these individuals from future loan programs as criminal investigation continues.

@SBAgov has also halted annual grant funding to the state. https://twitter.com/SBA_Kelly/status/2006893291241980325#m

The same daycare fraud is now being found in Democrat run Philadelphia

This daycare is called "Maternity Care Coalition." Its website provides very little information, their phone number goes to voicemail has blacked out windows

The NGO received $23 million

“The maternity care Coalition is a non-profit that got $23 million dollars from the government to run daycares like this. So it is 2 p.m. this place is supposed to be open.”
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Washington grassroots is organizing this rally. 🇺🇸