Tag: Minnesota

"He was completely justified."

ICE said Yusuf was in the country illegally at the time of the arrest and posed a continued threat to public safety.

The shooting reignited scrutiny of the dangers faced by federal immigration agents — and brought renewed attention to a previous case in which the same agent narrowly avoided serious injury ...

Good was shot and killed on Wednesday after allegedly attempting to ram an ICE agent with her car during a protest in a Minneapolis neighborhood.

“The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE officer, who seems to have shot her in self ...

Federal prosecutors are probing alleged widespread fraud within Minnesota’s social programs, particularly scrutinizing the state’s Somali community. 

DHS alleged that one driver attempted to use her SUV to strike officers, describing the act as “domestic terrorism.”

“We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed.''

The bulk of the scams were tied to false claims submitted by individuals who established nonprofits and aid businesses, many of them within the state’s Somali community.

“We’ve known here in Minnesota for quite some time that we’ve had a massive fraud problem. And it’s turning out that probably Minnesota is the epicenter of fraud in the ...

The alleged stop comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement increases activity in Minnesota following a massive fraud scandal tied to abuse of public assistance programs.

Providers within Ohio’s Somali community approached her privately, claiming they were being pressured to participate in what she called a “massive” and long-running scheme targeting the state’s Medicaid home healthcare ...

His outspoken support for Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen has brought both national attention and legal troubles. 

“This sounds like treason."

He argued that a lack of shared cultural expectations and civic engagement created gaps in oversight and reporting. 

All of the contributions came from individuals later accused or convicted of participating in a sweeping scheme that siphoned off roughly $250 million in taxpayer funds meant to feed children ...

“There has been that lack of accountability and lack of oversight that’s been needed."

"I just think that a lot of the COVID programs that were set up — they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get ...

The heightened enforcement comes on the heels of revelations involving large-scale fraud within Minnesota’s Somali migrant community. 

News of the arrest immediately reignited scrutiny over the plea agreement that had kept Mohamed out of prison.