WH Issues Warning as Feds ‘Surge’ to Minnesota: ‘People Will Be in Handcuffs’

Leavitt confirmed that the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are leading the coordinated effort to uncover and prosecute those responsible.

“The Department of Justice, as we speak, is continuing to execute search warrants and subpoenas,” Leavitt said. “The Department of Homeland Security is conducting door-to-door investigations on the ground at potential fraud sites, and they’re also conducting continued deportations of illegal aliens in Minnesota’s communities.”

ICE Director Todd Lyons said earlier this week that federal agents have been on the ground in Minneapolis “conducting large-scale investigations” after viral video evidence surfaced showing multiple Somali-run daycare centers receiving state funds despite appearing empty or closed.

Leavitt emphasized that the White House has empowered federal agencies to use all available legal tools to ensure accountability.

“We’re also not afraid to use denaturalization,” she said. “That’s a tool at the president and the Secretary of State’s disposal, and it’s one this administration has previously used before.”

Republican lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after the Democrat warned that he could deploy the National Guard in response to federal immigration enforcement actions in his state.

“Invoke the Insurrection Act. Arrest Tim Walz,” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., said in a post to X on Wednesday evening. Continue reading…