It's all part of a large-scale investigation that has already seen charges against dozens of people, many of them Somali Americans, who were charged with fleecing a federal program that was meant to provide food to children.
“Homeland Security Investigations in cooperation with our law enforcement partners executed criminal search warrants in Minneapolis relating to the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayers dollars,” the department said.
Fox News reports that Tuesday's raids involved largely Somali-owned businesses, including childcare facilities that registered their daycare with the state but were allegedly billing for care that was not provided.
In February, Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" $243 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds.
