Minnesota’s Federal Childcare Funding Frozen as Trump Administration Expands Fraud Probes
Trump administration freezes Minnesota childcare funds, orders Somali citizenship audits
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration has frozen $185 million in federal childcare funding to Minnesota and ordered audits of immigration cases involving Somali Americans, escalating a fraud crackdown that state leaders and advocates say risks unfairly targeting a single immigrant community.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the funding freeze Tuesday, citing viral allegations by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley…