Recent reports have exposed an explosion of social welfare fraud among the Somali migrant community in Democrat-controlled Minnesota, and President Donald Trump has now had enough.

On Friday, in light of the apparent "fraudulent money laundering activity," Trump declared that the federal government's extension of "Temporary Protected Status" to hundreds of Somalians in the state was "over" and being revoked, according to Breitbart.

Democratic officials and leftist activists in Minnesota were unsurprisingly enraged by the president's announcement, and legitimate questions have been raised not only about Trump's claimed authority to end the special protections for certain migrants, but also about how impactful the move might be if and when it is finalized.

"It’s OVER!"

In a Truth Social post on Friday evening, President Trump wrote, "Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity."

"I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota," the president announced.

"Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!" Trump added.

Massive welfare fraud benefiting a foreign terrorist group

The president's post came just days after the release of an explosive investigative report from City Journal about the incredible amount of welfare fraud that was occurring in Minnesota, with the bulk of that criminal activity being committed by members of the state's Somali community.

In multiple cases, some stretching back several years, billions of state and federal taxpayer dollars have been fraudulently obtained by Somali scammers who've ripped off programs that were intended to provide financial assistance to hungry children, kids with autism, and troubled individuals in need of stable housing, among others.

"What we see are schemes stacked upon schemes, draining resources meant for those in need. It feels never-ending," U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson explained of the rampant fraud. "I have spent my career as a fraud prosecutor, and the depth of the fraud in Minnesota takes my breath away."

Adding insult to injury, investigations launched by Thompson and others have uncovered the horrifying reality of how substantial amounts of the defrauded funds have been sent to Somalia and, whether intentionally or not, have ended up in the coffers of Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked terror group that controls significant portions of the impoverished and war-torn East African nation.

"This is a third-rail conversation, but the largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer," an unnamed source told the outlet. "There is an issue here that is real, and if there is ever an event that is traceable back to these funds, or to people from this area, then this situation will take on a whole new set of optics."

Less than 1,000 Somalis in the TPS program nationwide

According to a 2024 report from the Pew Research Center, former President Joe Biden's administration radically expanded and extended the "Temporary Protected Status" programs to apply to more than a million migrants from more than a dozen foreign nations, effectively granting them authorization to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.

Yet, according to the Associated Press, only around 705 Somalis nationwide are enrolled in the TPS program, and it is unclear at this time how many of them reside in Minnesota.

Further, while Democratic officials have acknowledged that President Trump has the authority to alter TPS programs, there are real questions about the process and timing of doing so, and whether said changes can be applied to a single state like Minnesota -- questions that will undoubtedly be addressed in the inevitable lawsuits that will soon be filed.