US EditionFraud followed by ICE has upheaved election-year politics in Minnesota
A $9 billion fraud scandal and a 3,000-agent ICE surge have disrupted Minnesota politics, causing unrest, candidate shifts, and two protester deaths, reshaping election dynamics.
- The federal surge last month involved 3,000 federal border patrol agents in Minnesota, upending state politics and sparking civil unrest, with two protesters killed by agents.
- Evidence shows the fraud stories, involving sums potentially as much as $9 billion, helped set up a Republican resurgence in Minnesota, which has never seen fraud on this scale before.
- Federal tactics prompted 'turn-and-burn' tactics that sparked civil unrest and complaints from frightened immigrant communities, and two protesters were killed by federal agents.
- Bill Kuisle warned that ICE operations have hurt GOP prospects after a candidate dropped his statewide governor's race bid.
- Observers say they will warn that ICE could remain a major campaign issue into October, impacting GOP prospects, while officials urge calmer rhetoric.
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Minnesota’s Fraud Crisis Didn’t Go Away. It Just Got Harder to See.
Before Minneapolis became a national flashpoint, before the protests and the nightly footage of chaos, something far more consequential was already underway: a sweeping fraud scandal involving billions of taxpayer dollars. Federal investigators were digging into large-scale abuse of public programs, raising serious questions about who allowed it, how long it went on, and where the money went. These were not isolated mistakes or paperwork errors…
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Fraud followed by ICE has upheaved election-year politics in Minnesota
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