Trump's crackdown on the Minnesota welfare fraud just got a surprising ally.
Its roots ran deeper than anyone imagined.
And a Somali lawmaker exposed the one thing about Minnesota fraud that has Trump taking action.
Somali Parliament Member Exposes "Fraud Pipeline" Behind Minnesota Welfare Fraud
Dr. Abdillahi Hashi Abib doesn't mince words about the corruption he's witnessed firsthand.
The sitting member of Somalia's Parliament told the Daily Caller that Minnesota's massive fraud isn't some isolated American problem.
It's the "downstream result" of criminal networks that have been looting foreign aid in Somalia for decades and now operate freely in the United States.
"This corruption did not arise overnight," Abib said.
"It is an extension of the same criminal networks that have looted foreign aid in Somalia for decades — and now operate freely in the United States under the guise of charity and community development."
Abib compiled more than 400 gigabytes of data exposing Somalia's government between July 2022 and June 2023.
Cash withdrawals without receipts, inflated travel expenses, rigged contracts routed through family-owned businesses.
The Central Bank's general manager dodged taxes by reclassifying a quarter of his salary as "bonuses."
Abib tried repeatedly to share this data with U.S. agencies.
They ignored him.
$9 Billion Fraud Scheme Links Somalia To Feeding Our Future Scandal
More than $3.5 billion in international assistance has flowed into Somalia since 2021 — 90% from U.S. taxpayers.
Abib's follow-up letter accused Somalia's Disaster Management Agency of operating as a "family-controlled criminal enterprise."
Three brothers of the agency's chairman pocketed $1.53 million in "consulting fees" registered under their wives' names over 36 months.
The same chairman went from being unable to afford "even a cup of coffee" in 2022 to buying luxury vehicles, foreign properties, and financing frequent international travel.
Where'd that money come from?
"The Relief Department, which should be the last line of defense for starving citizens, has become the engine of food aid theft," Abib wrote.
The same networks stealing aid in Somalia set up shop in Minnesota.
The Feeding Our Future scandal saw 78 people indicted for stealing more than $250 million meant to feed hungry children — most defendants Somali Americans using the exact same fraud networks.
Prosecutors estimate total fraud in Minnesota's social programs could exceed $9 billion including housing stabilization and autism services schemes.
Biden's people knew.
They did nothing.
Trump Ends Temporary Protected Status After Al-Shabaab Terror Links Surface
President Trump ended Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals.
"Temporary means temporary," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said.
"Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law's requirement for Temporary Protected Status. We are putting Americans first."
Somali migrants with TPS must leave by March 17.
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2,471 Somali nationals currently hold TPS, with another 1,383 pending applications.
Roughly 600 live in Minnesota — ground zero for the welfare fraud investigations.
"The days of the U.S. government writing blank checks to broken regimes are over," one senior administration official told Fox News.
Feeding Our Future ringleader Aimee Bock was convicted on seven federal charges in March 2025.
More than 50 of the 78 defendants have pleaded guilty, seven others found guilty at trial.
Defendants spent stolen taxpayer cash on cars, property, luxury travel, and wired millions overseas to banks in China, Somalia, and Kenya.
Federal investigators are examining whether stolen funds made their way to al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda affiliate terrorist organization based in Somalia.
Text messages recovered from defendants referenced sending money to Mogadishu's Bakara market — previously controlled by al-Shabaab and the site of the 1993 Black Hawk Down incident where 18 American soldiers died.
Abib shared intelligence showing al-Shabaab allegedly exports roughly $30 million every Thursday through Nairobi banks before laundering it through Kenyan real estate.
American tax dollars potentially funding the terrorists who killed American soldiers.
Trump has been blunt about Somalians.
"I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting.
"Their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks and we don't want them in our country."
The President announced his administration will revoke citizenship from any naturalized immigrant from Somalia convicted of defrauding American citizens.
FBI Director Kash Patel promised additional resources for fraud investigations in Minnesota, calling current prosecutions the "tip of a very large iceberg."
Here's the part that should make every American furious.
Abib presented U.S. agencies with a detailed roadmap to stop the flow of billions into Somali fraud networks.
The Biden-Harris administration ignored him for years while the fraud networks expanded and billions disappeared.
Now Trump's taking action, and suddenly Abib's warnings are finally being heard.
The difference between an administration that cares about Americans versus one that writes blank checks to criminals couldn't be clearer.
Sources:
- Daily Caller, "EXCLUSIVE: Somali Official Shows How Entrenched The 'Fraud Pipeline' Really Is," January 13, 2026.
- Conservative Brief, "Somali Lawmaker Blows Whistle on 'Fraud Pipeline' as Trump Takes Action," January 14, 2026.
- Fox News, "Trump administration ends temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis in US," January 13, 2026.
- CBS News, "Trump administration to end legal protections for Somalis, making them eligible for deportation," January 14, 2026.
- FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, "Fraud in Minnesota: Detailing the nearly $1 billion in schemes," December 8, 2025.
- Wikipedia, "Feeding Our Future," January 2026.
