U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducted Operation Twin Shield. It is the first of its kind. The targeted surge of fraud detection and deterrence activities took place across Minneapolis-St. Paul and surrounding areas Sept. 19 to 28. Immigration officers discovered suspected fraud in 275 cases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
It is the home of the largest Somali community in the United States. It is how we got Ilhan Omar in Congress.
The operation marked the first targeted surge of its kind, with immigration officers investigating more than 1,000 pending cases flagged for fraud or ineligibility concerns, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration. USCIS said officers carried out over 900 site visits and interviews, uncovering fraud, non-compliance, or security issues in 275 cases—about 44 percent of those reviewed.
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Federal authorities in Minnesota have revealed the results of “Operation Twin Shields,” uncovering massive immigration fraud across the Twin Cities.
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As of now, USCIS has issued Notices to Appear or referred 42 cases to ICE, with four individuals taken into custody.
The effort focused on marriage and family-based petitions, employment authorizations, and certain parole requests, in line with Executive Order 14161, which emphasizes protecting the United States from terrorist, national security, and public safety threats.
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USCIS announced that the operation exposed a wide range of schemes. In one case, a man admitted to paying $100 for a falsified Kenyan death certificate to claim a marriage had ended; his spouse, still alive and living in Minneapolis with their five children, was very much present.
Another case involved the son of a known or suspected terrorist who overstayed his visa and had previously been denied multiple immigration benefits for marriage fraud. A petitioner confessed to marriage fraud only hours after swearing during a USCIS interview that her marriage was genuine. In yet another case, an immigrant manipulated an elderly U.S. citizen spouse in a fraudulent marriage that also involved elder abuse.
They have probably only touched the surface. Ilhan Omar herself had likely ‘married’ her brother in an immigration fraud operation. The evidence is powerful.
This needs to happen in all of these communities of foreigners. They become sanctuaries within sanctuaries.
Correct me if I am wrong but this is the third time those Somalis are involved in some major fraud….. About 10 years ago it was about some sort of day care/family assistance fraud and they stole hundreds of millions of dollars….. then a couple years ago they did something similar but with using covid , stole hundreds of millions… Read more »
It’s not surprising, it’s well known. Revoke ALL issued immigration authorization issued during the Obama and Biden regimes. They’re all fraudulent.
I wish they would do a deep investigation into Omar and deport her if she lied on her applications.
Whew! That’s a lot of brother/husband sister/wife instances. The whole point is for the islamists to overwhelm an area, breed like rabbits, integrate into government positions, once they have achieved majority, enact their 7th century poo-flinging agenda. The UK is a prime example and we’ve ignored the muslim creep for years all because we didn’t want to appear “racist”. Screw… Read more »
The deportation of Ilhan Omar and all of the rest the criminal lying scum for immigration frau0 would be a victory for constitutional government.