Is it the worst initialism ever? “Operation Parris — Post-Admission Refugee Reverification and Integrity Strengthening — will focus first on Minnesota’s 5,600 refugees who have not yet been given lawful status,” explains The Epoch Times in a Friday article.
“The operation will conduct thorough background checks, reinterview applicants for green cards, and explore merit reviews of the current refugee claims,” the article by Savannah Hulsey Pointer continues.
What’s at stake are billions in fraud. “Last month, a federal prosecutor suggested that more than half of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds supporting 14 programs in Minnesota since 2018 may have been stolen.”
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is expanding the scope of investigation into subsidies to individuals and families, saying “on Jan. 6 that California would be the next target.… The president alleged on social media that the Golden State could have more fraud than Minnesota.”
And in Congress, at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on the subject, Rep. Brandon Gill (R‑TX) grilled Democrats’ witness Brendan Ballou, former Special Counsel at the DOJ, beginning with the ideologically based challenge, “does large-scale Somali immigration make Minnesota stronger or weaker?” The answer was “yes,” but further questions and answers didn’t make Mr. Ballou look so good. It’s mainly been shared for yucks.