The Trump administration is using a years-old scandal first prosecuted under the Biden administration to justify its immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar denounced a surge of federal agents to Minneapolis targeting Somalis and other immigrants after a fraud scheme in the state.

ICE arrested convicted criminals in Minnesota, including alleged child rapists and killers with decades-old deportation orders still roaming free.

The city of Minneapolis said it is "aware of a shooting involving federal law enforcement" near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue, urging people to avoid the area.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday that she is suspending payments on all active and future awards from the USDA to Minnesota amid the long-running fraud scandal in which the White House has alleged a misuse of federal funds.

The USDA said in a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz that it would halt $129 million in department funding.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News there will be cash rewards for whistleblowers in Minnesota’s fraud scandal as the Trump administration investigates.

Minnesota's U.S. senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, have sent a joint letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her Department of Justice to include the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension into the FBI's investigation of the killing of Renee Good.