Minnesota Social Services Fraud

DHS and USCIS have launched Operation PARRIS (Post‑Admission Refugee Reverification and Integrity Strengthening), begun in mid‑December to reexamine roughly 5,600 refugees in Minnesota from 39 “countries of concern” named in Trump travel‑ban proclamations by conducting onsite reinterviews, background checks and document verification to determine whether refugee status should be maintained, revoked, or referred to ICE. The operation is tied to a sprawling Minnesota fraud probe into daycare, Medicaid and social‑services billing that federal officials say has produced dozens of criminal charges and convictions; DHS is also reviewing naturalization cases involving migrants from 19 countries for possible denaturalization, and the DOJ and some lawmakers have signaled further enforcement and legislative action.