Federal prosecutors have charged nearly 100 people in connection with a sweeping fraud scheme involving federally funded child‑nutrition programs in Minnesota. The case centers on the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, whose operators allegedly claimed reimbursement for millions of meals that were never served, resulting in an estimated $250 million in losses to federal nutrition programs.
A majority of those charged are Somali American, reflecting the demographics of Minnesota’s large Somali community of over 75,000. So far, 57 guilty pleas have been entered.
Amid the prosecutions, the Trump administration is reviewing whether Somali American defendants convicted in the scheme could face denaturalization. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told “Fox & Friends” that the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department are exploring potential pathways for revoking citizenship in cases involving convictions.
Legal experts note that denaturalization is rare and typically reserved for cases involving terrorism, war crimes, or fraud during the naturalization process. From 1990 to 2017, on average, only 11 cases were pursued annually.
