Lawrence, Massachusetts, Mayor De Peña said he entered the U.S. by boat, or "en yola," a flimsy vessel commonly used to illegally enter the country.

There is no lawful immigration pathway that involves arriving by yola; U.S. law requires inspection and admission at a designated port of entry.

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Ilhan Omar's husband’s venture capital firm quietly removed the names and bios of nine officers and advisers from its website between Sept. and Oct. 2025.

The move comes as Omar faces questions about the couple's reported wealth surge to up to $30 million amid a massive welfare fraud scheme in her state.

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A naturalized migrant trucker from Africa crashed into a stopped minivan in Virginia, killing three people, including a toddler. He faces three counts of involuntary manslaughter.

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Quality "Learing" Center, a Minneapolis daycare suspected of fraud, was seen packed with kids entering, but a local resident called it usually a "ghost town" with an empty lot, saying they'd never seen children there and thought it permanently closed.

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Resurfaced 2015 footage from a Minneapolis day care shows Somalis briefly signing in children before leaving moments later, enabling fraudulent billing of Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program. The clips reemerged amid claims of widespread fraud at Somali-run facilities.

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A HUD report found $5.8B in questionable rental assistance payments in fiscal 2024 under Biden, including aid to nearly 30,000 dead tenants and thousands of potential non-citizens. Heavy concentrations of suspicious payments occurred in New York, California and D.C.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has frozen all federal child care payments to Minnesota amid widespread fraud allegations, demanded a full audit of the state's day care centers, launched a fraud-reporting hotline, and warned that perpetrators should expect prosecution.

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Nearly three years after transgender shooter Audrey Hale killed six people at Nashville’s private Christian elementary school, the FBI released Hale’s writings citing the school as predominantly White and citing hatred of Christians as key motives.

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Australian nationalist Joel Davis has been locked up in 24 hour isolation, denied basic amenities, and has had meals withheld on multiple occasions, all while on remand over a Telegram post.

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In Illinois, companies registered to Indian owners have secured about 42% of all $5 million federal SBA loans, totaling at least $85 million — despite Indians comprising just roughly 2% of the state's population.

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A manager at a Somali-owned daycare in Minneapolis claimed a break-in resulted in stolen enrollment and employee documents amid ongoing federal fraud investigations into Minnesota childcare centers. Police said no items were missing.

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Addresses registered as Somali-operated day cares in Washington state that received hundreds of thousands in taxpayer subsidies are turning out to be high-value private homes often around $500,000 with no visible evidence of child care operations, according to independent journalists' on-site checks.

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U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson has restored legal protection from deportation for more than 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal — the same judge who, in July, initially sought to block the Trump administration's efforts to end their Temporary Protected Status.

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Kriya Therapeutics, run by Vivek Ramaswamy's brother Shankar, has raised over $1.2 billion in funding without any successful clinical trials, mirroring the capital-first approach of Vivek's Axovant scheme.

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The State Bank of Texas board of directors consists of thirteen members, all of Indian descent and nine of them sharing the surname Patel.

The bank specializes in lending to Indian hotel and motel owners nationwide.

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Nationalist commander Denis Kapustin alive after Ukraine's military intelligence confirms his death was staged in a GUR operation that foiled Moscow's assassination plan ordered by Russian special services with a $500K bounty, then claimed the payout and redirected funds to Ukrainian special forces.

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Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown warns that private investigations into Somali-owned daycares could amount to harassment and result in hate crime charges.

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Indian police raided a fraudulent degree operation, confiscating nearly 100,000 forged certificates from 22 universities. Reports estimate over one million such fakes were distributed, often used to obtain overseas employment.

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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, born in India, is a senatorial candidate for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat in 2026. He's known for the HIRE Act, which would double the H-1B visa cap amid American tech grads struggling to find jobs and high STEM unemployment.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch, challenging Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio's GOP primary, posted on X that Somali and foreigner fraud exploiting taxpayer funds ends with him — in response to reports of an Ohio healthcare firm linked to Somalia's foreign minister and alleged terrorism funding.

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The FBI arrested an 18-year-old Black male from North Carolina, for allegedly plotting a New Year's Eve attack on a grocery store and fast-food restaurant.

The suspect, Christian Sturdivant, was charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS after the FBI disrupted his alleged plot.

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