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A program designed to assist businesses impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota has been shut down following widespread fraud concerns, according to local news reports.
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program → design → reports
The board of Hennepin County in Minnesota, home to Minneapolis, approved $2 million in funding for local businesses impacted by Operation Metro Surge — a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota launched in December 2025.
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board → approve → December
The county received roughly 300 applications and ultimately distributed about $500,000 to 82 applicants, while more than 200 applications were flagged for potential fraud, according to local reports.
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applications → receive → reports
"The fact that people, after all this fraud, felt that they could apply and get away with it, I think it's a problem because clearly there's no fear out there," Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Lunde said, according to Kare 11.
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Lunde → feel → Kare
"Until we get it where people fear things, then they're gonna keep doing it."
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they → get → it
Much of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric surrounding illegal immigration in Minnesota has been targeted at the state’s Somali population amid reports of widespread fraud.
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Much → surround → fraud
Members of Minnesota’s Somali community have been accused, and in some cases convicted, of using non-existent or inactive businesses and nonprofits to siphon money away from government programs intended to help the needy.
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Members → accuse → needy
Similarly, Hennepin County officials reported that many businesses seeking relief funds drafted applications containing false information, seemingly fabricated by AI, that were copied, pasted, and submitted for multiple businesses.
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that → report → businesses
Other businesses submitting applications, meanwhile, were found not to exist when county officials made site visits.
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officials → submit → visits
"Then at a certain point we're like, 'OK, we're getting declining results on that.'
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we → get → that
And so we said it's time to stop the program.
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it → say → program
So we just stopped processing at that point," Lunde, who characterized the applications as overwhelmingly fraudulent, said.
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who → stop → applications
The immigration enforcement operation in the state also drew national attention after U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti were fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in January.
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citizens → draw → January
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, has acknowledged responsibility for addressing the fraud in his state, saying it is his "responsibility to fix it."
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it → acknowledge → it
He has previously argued that "any amount of fraud is too much and undermines the very programs that do so much to raise our quality of life."
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that → argue → life
The governor, however, has pushed back on conservative attempts to pin the fraud primarily on the Somali community in the state.
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governor → push → state
"What is not helpful is the president of the United States demonizing an entire community," the governor wrote in a December 2025 op-ed.
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governor → demonize → ed
Hennepin County and Walz's office did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
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County → respond → Thursday
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