The Trump administration targets welfare fraud with new justice role, Vice President JD Vance made the announcement on Thursday, declaring a new assistant attorney general position to combat nationwide fraud, starting with Minnesota’s massive welfare schemes allegedly run by Somali immigrants through fake child care operations.
Federal probes revealed suitcases of cash—up to $350 million—seized at Minneapolis airports, alongside raids issuing over 1,500 subpoenas and a paper trail of evidence from programs like SNAP and housing aid.