WATCH: Noem On What’s Happening With That Massive Operation In Minnesota

As the ink was barely dry on the paperwork for Walz pulling out of the race, Noem was surging agents in to take care of business.

It may have been the Nick Shirley YouTube expose that brought the Minnesota fraud story to critical mass, but over the summer, Kash had already begun sending agents there to track down and prosecute what we now see as the extensive fraud schemes that were underway there.

DHS has made it clear that they would be focusing on hotspots and cities with known issues of immigration violations.

It’s only natural that, seeing as criminal actions like fraud can trigger a revocation of even legal status that reports of millions of dollars Minnesotan taxpayer money winding up in the pockets of Al-Qaeda-affiliated Somalia terror group Al-Shabaab would be of interest to Homeland security.

“We surged the last 48 hours. We’ve arrested hundreds and hundreds of dangerous criminals off the streets in Minnesota, and people that are a part of this fraud scheme.” @Sec_Noem

2,000 DHS law enforcement officers have been deployed to the Twin Cities to arrests fraudsters,… pic.twitter.com/mvuu9KfIiC

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 7, 2026

In another interview, Tom Homan made specific reference to the billions of fraud in Minnesota (and potentially several other places) as playing a role in what flagged their interest.

While critics like to tell the sob stories about families being broken up when someone is picked up, they tend to skim over details like the ones that keep showing up in accounts like this one.

Extortion. Sexual exploitation. Harm of children. Murder.

These are not the description of people you want living on your street.

In related news…

Speaking of Fraud, California Gubernatorial candidate’s whistleblower tip line suggests the Golden State could be leaking a quarter TRILLION of dollars in fraud.

California could be losing a staggering $250 billion in taxpayer cash through rampant fraud, waste and abuse — according to a Republican-backed analysis of whistleblower tips.

Steve Hilton, who is running for governor, and Herb Morgan, who is seeking the state controller job, unveiled findings from their “CALIFRAUDIA” tip-line investigation — a damning review of the Golden State’s bloated welfare system, which they allege has become a piggy bank for scammers and political hacks. — NYPost

And so it’s no surprise that Trump has announced California will be scrutinized for the sort of systemic abuse uncovered in Minnesota.

And since Newsome so dearly loved holding Florida’s DeSantis as the foil against which he should be measured during the pandemic years:

With the cooperation of local authorities, over 10,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested in Florida since Trump took office.

Over 10,400 illegal immigrants have been detained since “Operation Tidal Wave” launched in April, according to DeSantis. He revealed during a press conference that 63% of the arrests were made due to the state’s 287(g) agreements. The countries of origin for those detained include over 3,400 from Guatemala, 3,300 from Mexico, and 1,300 from Honduras, the governor’s office said. —Washington Examiner

Of course, those arrests have included many unqualified long-haul truckers not so different from the guys in this video we’ll throw in of a California trucker acting completely normal and unsuspicious after a crash as a bonus.

I don’t have a CDL, but is it common to hurriedly switch out the company name and DOT number on your tractor trailer immediately after crashing it?

From pistolita_88 on the IG: Drivers with a Amazon container crash in the inland empire and immediately start switching the company… pic.twitter.com/3iq3n5rn0n

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) January 6, 2026

Why do you suppose they are in such a huge hurry to remove the name and DOT number of the transport truck they just crashed?