The Trump administration is deploying around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of an immigration crackdown on the heels of a welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota, according to two law enforcement officials.

The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Twin Cities area, officials tells CBS News.

CBS News reports the surge is expected to bring more agents to the Twin Cities metro, as Minnesota is under increased federal focus on fraud allegations.

Around 2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis as part of the Trump administration’s expanded immigration crackdown

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago area is seeing an increase in federal immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump says the surge in immigration enforcement activity in the Chicago area is about getting dangerous criminals off the streets. Some 300 federal ...

Local Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders — along with members of their respective congregations — come together routinely outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the region to call attention to abuses in the immigration system.

A large-scale federal immigration operation is headed to Minnesota, with 2,000 officers deployed under Noem’s plan.