Vice President JD Vance held the first meeting of a brand new anti-fraud task force he’s heading up on Friday, March 27, as the Trump administration shows the rest of the country it’s dedicated to cracking down on fraud and misuse of social programs by illegal immigrants and other individuals. President Donald Trump’s U.S. Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller, took an opportunity during the meeting to expose how fraud within the Somali community was allowed to reach such a massive scale in Minnesota.
Miller explained in a now-viral video clip from the meeting that the main reason fraud reached such a high level in Minnesota is because of the lack of accountability from the state government to check and verify information given by Somali immigrants. “If you’re a Somali refugee living in Minnesota, you could lie about how many children you have.”
“You could lie about what your immigration status is,” he continued, going on to add, “You could lie about your marital status. You could lie about childcare, you could lie about disability, you could lie about all these things and many more and nobody in the state of Minnesota would validate any of these facts before writing you a check.”
The video of Miller’s remarks is being shared across the internet and is eliciting strong responses from conservatives. A commenter on a post of the video on social media shared a meme that said, “They stole from American children! Deport them all!” Another noted that the Democrats in Minnesota “own the DAs and police, so even if they were found to be committing fraud no one would prosecute them!”
According to WABE, before the closed-door meeting of the task force took place, Vance stated that, for decades, the federal government has essentially buried its head in the sand concerning fraud, noting that in order for the situation to be successfully resolved, it needed to be handled with what he called “a whole-government approach.”
“This is not just the theft of the American people’s money,” Vance remarked, adding, “It is also the theft of critical services that the American people rely on.” President Trump has made cracking down on fraud of this magnitude a top priority of his domestic policy, as American voters say they are worried about affordability as the country continues to move toward the midterm elections in November.
The task force was put together after allegations of fraud involving daycare centers run by Somali residents in the city of Minneapolis were brought to the surface thanks to an investigative journalist who captured evidence of these centers having no students, yet possessing enrollments that qualified them for funding from government programs.
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Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz referred to the efforts of Vance, his task force, and other authorities investigating allegations of fraud in his state as a “campaign of retribution” and accused the Trump administration of “weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota.” The task force is considered the most visible task given to Vance by the president, who is being looked at as a potential 2028 presidential candidate.
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