As part of Operation Twin Shield earlier this year, DHS/USCIS identified over 1,300 fraud findings based on site visits in Minneapolis and Saint Paul and is vetting cases for further action including denaturalization.

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Operation Twin Shield produced over 1,300 identified fraud findings from site visits in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and DHS is vetting which cases require additional action such as denaturalization or refugee-status review.

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The White House says the Trump Administration has launched a multi-agency campaign targeting widespread fraud in Minnesota, citing investigations and enforcement actions by DOJ, DHS, HHS, SBA, HUD, DOL, and USDA. Officials cite charges against 98 defendants (85 described as of Somali descent), more than 1,750 subpoenas, 130 search warrants, and DOJ convictions for 64 defendants, alongside DHS arrests and findings from Operation Twin Shield. Agencies have frozen federal payments, halted grant funding, suspended thousands of borrowers, and begun targeted program reviews as they build criminal cases and seek recoveries of taxpayer funds.

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Official DHS/USCIS reporting on Operation Twin Shield does not support the claim that “over 1,300 fraud findings” were identified in Minneapolis–St. Paul, nor that the operation is being described in terms of denaturalization vetting. In its Sept. 30, 2025 news release, USCIS states that officers focused on more than 1,000 cases with fraud or ineligibility indicators, conducted over 900 site visits, and found evidence of fraud, non‑compliance, or safety/national security concerns in 275 cases—not 1,300. Independent reporting based on federal briefings (CBS Minnesota, KARE 11, Homeland Security Today) all repeat those same figures and describe 42 Notices to Appear/ICE referrals and 4 arrests, with no mention of 1,300 fraud findings or any systematic denaturalization review linked to this operation.

Verdict: False, because authoritative DHS/USCIS documents and corroborating news coverage show approximately 275 problematic cases out of around 1,000 reviewed, not 1,300 fraud findings, and they do not substantiate the claimed denaturalization-focused vetting.

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Update · Jan 03, 2026, 10:20 AMFalse
Official DHS/USCIS reporting on Operation Twin Shield does not support the claim that “over 1,300 fraud findings” were identified in Minneapolis–St. Paul, nor that the operation is being described in terms of denaturalization vetting. In its Sept. 30, 2025 news release, USCIS states that officers focused on more than 1,000 cases with fraud or ineligibility indicators, conducted over 900 site visits, and found evidence of fraud, non‑compliance, or safety/national security concerns in 275 cases—not 1,300. Independent reporting based on federal briefings (CBS Minnesota, KARE 11, Homeland Security Today) all repeat those same figures and describe 42 Notices to Appear/ICE referrals and 4 arrests, with no mention of 1,300 fraud findings or any systematic denaturalization review linked to this operation. Verdict: False, because authoritative DHS/USCIS documents and corroborating news coverage show approximately 275 problematic cases out of around 1,000 reviewed, not 1,300 fraud findings, and they do not substantiate the claimed denaturalization-focused vetting.
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