The Trump administration is sending 2,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities.
Late last year, the administration launched an immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota targeting Somali immigrants and undocumented individuals.
This latest push would crack down on immigration again, and would also probe alleged cases of federal fraud.
The operation is expected to last 30 days.
The announcement from the White House comes the same day as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a frequent target of the Trump administration, announced he is dropping out of the race, where he was seeking a third term in office.
According to CBS News who broke the story, officials said U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino, who has overseen controversial immigration roundups in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte and New Orleans, is expected to arrive in Minnesota to help lead immigration enforcement efforts, along with an unknown number of U.S. Border Patrol personnel.
CBS also notes the deployment began on Sunday.
Trump administration's latest moves on child care funding
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it's planning to tighten rules for federal child care funds after a series of alleged fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents.
A Department of Health and Human Services spokesman also reiterated the funding is on hold to all states until they provide more verification about the programs.
The plans to change the policies came the same day that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee who has said the Trump administration is politicizing the issue, announced he's ending his reelection campaign.
Here are some things to know about these moves:
Rule change plans announced
Health and Human Services announced Monday that it plans to change federal rules around the program, which serves lower-income families. As of last year, it was subsidizing care for about 1.3 million children.
Among the proposed changes: It would allow states to pay providers based on attendance rather than merely enrollment and pay providers after care is delivered rather than in advance.
“Paying providers upfront based on paper enrollment instead of actual attendance invites abuse,” Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill said in a statement.
When advanced payments were required in a 2024 rule change, officials said it would make child care centers more likely to serve families that use the subsidies.
Most states received waivers to delay implementing parts of the 2024 rules and many did not start the advance payments immediately.
Rule changes usually take at least several months to make and include a public comment period.
More verification needed for all states to get child care funds
All 50 states will have to provide additional levels of verification and administrative data before they receive more funding from the Child Care and Development Fund, according to an HHS spokesperson.
Minnesota will have to provide even more verification for child care centers that are suspected of fraud, such as attendance and licensing records, past enforcement actions and inspection reports.
In his social media post last week, O’Neill said all Administration for Children and Families payments nationwide would require “justification and a receipt or photo evidence” before money is sent.
That announcement came after a right-wing influencer posted a video last month claiming he had found that day care centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis had committed up to $100 million in fraud.
The departments that administer the programs in California, Iowa and Oregon all said Monday that they have not received guidance on how to comply with the requirements O'Neill announced.
Cindy Lenhoff, director of National Child Care Association, warned Monday that pausing payments to providers could cause some to close, and keep parents from being able to work.
"Withholding funds from complaint providers will not fix fraud," she said. “It will only destabilize an already fragile system.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.