ICE to Focus Efforts on Twin Cities Due to Criminal Activity: Homan

Multiple fraud schemes have been uncovered in Minnesota that exploited welfare programs and collected billions of dollars in taxpayer funds.

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement two-day job fair in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2025. Shelby Tauber/Reuters

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans on ramping up activities in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Twin Cities region in Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan said in a Dec. 2 interview on Fox News.

On Nov. 21, President Donald Trump announced he was immediately rescinding temporary protected status for Somali immigrants living in Minnesota.