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It’s been a mess in Minnesota as of late.
Mayor Jacob Frey and police chief Brian O’Hara were already at odds enough with immigration agents coming in and arresting violent illegal immigrants dwelling in American communities. But more details have emerged on a scheme that could be costing the United States more money than anyone could ever realize.
TheImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)hasalreadybegunanoperationlookingdeeperintodaycaresitesaroundMinnesota,asthey’resuspectedofbeinginvolvedinamulti-billion-dollarfraudscheme.We’retalking$9billion.
Thesecomefromavarietyofstatebenefitsandreimbursementprograms,accordingtotheNewYorkPost.Andwhat’smore,aspreviouslysuspected,thescamlookstohavebeenrunbySomaliimmigrants–andrightunderGovernorTimWalz’snose,forthatmatter.
Theprogramhasuncoveredschemesinvolvingfakefoodhandouts($300million),falseautismprograms($220million),andhousingsubsidies($302million)–andneedIremindyou,theinvestigationisstillunderway.
TheDepartmentofHomelandSecurityistakingazerotoleranceonthismatter,asitshould.
