DHS says it is making 'door-to-door' visits to 'suspected fraud sites' in Minnesota

DHS & FBI focus resources on Minnesota childcare fraud investigation

The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Twin Cities area as it escalates its federal crackdown amid a widening fraud scandal in Minnesota, multiple law enforcement officials familiar with the plan told CBS News. DHS has claimed that a Hilton hotel canceled reservations to host immigration enforcement agents, posting screenshots of email communications with the hotel on X. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports from Minneapolis

The Department of Homeland Security is surging immigration agents to this week as it further escalates its crackdown on the Twin Cities region after a right-wing YouTuber alleged fraud by Somalis living there, according to two senior DHS officials.

Is the Trump administration only targeting blue states with federal agents, immigration crackdowns and fraud investigations? Yesterday, in an exclusive interview, CBS News' Nicole Sganga pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on whether politics are at play. Noem responded people should be reassured by the fact President Trump wants to help blue states like Minnesota.

Minneapolis mayor calls DHS claim the shooting was self-defense is "garbage narrative"