The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security say they’re surging assets into Minnesota to analyze allegations of fraud there, together with at little one care facilities, within the newest present of federal pressure within the state — dwelling to the nation’s largest Somali inhabitants. The investigation comes weeks after ICE launched operations within the Minneapolis-St. Paul space to particularly goal undocumented Somali immigrants, precipitated by revelations about widespread fraud towards the state in addition to President Donald Trump’s feedback that he “doesn’t want” Somalis within the nation.
The stepped-up effort additionally comes simply days after YouTube content material creator Nick Shirley, who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movies up to now, posted a viral video through which he claimed to search out widespread fraud at Somali-run little one care facilities. The video, which incorporates restricted proof for the creator’s allegations, has acquired greater than 1.5 million views on YouTube as of Monday night and was retweeted by Vice President JD Vance and former DOGE chief Elon Musk.
0:00 CNN regulation enforcement correspondent Whitney Wild studies on the surge and the viral video that prompted it
2:26 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s press workplace responds in an announcement to CNN
3:23 CNN reporter Holmes Lybrand studies on the surge of federal investigative assets
5:53 CNN’s Sara Sidner asks Axios senior contributor Margaret Talev concerning the political dimensions of the surge
7:44 Sara Sidner asks CNN political analyst Jackie Kucinich about how this can have an effect on Gov. Walz’s political future
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