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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang and agencies

Federal agents again target Minnesota amid alleged fraud crackdown at daycares

two law enforcement agents walk outside a building
FBI agents walk outside the Mako childcare center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 28 April 2026. Photograph: Anthony Soufflé/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP

Federal agents under the command of the Trump administration have descended on Minnesota’s Twin Cities again to primarily target alleged fraud at daycares after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s so-called “Operation Metro Surge” all but wound down earlier in the year.

“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” the US justice department told the Guardian in a statement on Tuesday.

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