Source: USA Today
“Federal immigration agents are ‘surging’ into Minnesota, officials said, amid a deepening fraud scandal that’s enveloped state and national politics. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons described the deployment in an interview on Newsmax as ‘the largest immigration operation ever.’ He did not say how many agents the deployment would involve or how long it was expected to last. … The Twin Cities region is home to the largest Somali population in the United States, with about 84,000 residents living in the area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The majority of Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens who were either born in the country or became citizens through the naturalization process.” (01/06/26)