U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the past hour on Jan. 26, 2026, that he is sending Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight to report directly to him on local issues, amid violent protests linked to a massive welfare fraud investigation and scrutiny of Rep. Ilhan Omar's finances, according to a post shared by @PollTracker2024 on X. Trump stated Homan "knows and likes many of the people there" and is "tough but fair," while noting a "major investigation" into over $20 billion in Minnesota welfare fraud "at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests." He added that the DOJ and Congress are examining Rep. Ilhan Omar, who "left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars." In related developments on the fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, a DHS official sent congressional Republicans an email three hours later with incorrect details, describing Pretti as an "illegal alien" while linking to a post referring to an "individual," according to POLITICO as shared by @camiloreports on X. Eyewitness video showed no evidence Pretti drew his weapon or threatened agents before being shot, the POLITICO report stated. Separately, top Trump administration responses to the incident have caused internal anger and frustration at DHS, with multiple officials calling it "a terrible miscalculation," per CBS News cited by @bterris on X. The Minnesota Department of Corrections launched a website earlier today countering DHS claims about the operation that killed Pretti, accusing DHS official Gregory Bovino of lying about the target, as previously reported by KARE11.
