Hundreds packed a hall of Karmel Mall on Sunday to gather in solidarity with the Somali community after President Donald Trump called for elimination of a program that offers temporary protective status for people from the country.

Trump deemed Minnesota a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” in a social media post on Friday. And he alleged — without providing proof — that Somali gangs were terrorizing the state.

So far, 77 people have been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud a COVID-19 era child nutrition program. That was largely through the nonprofit group Feeding Our Future. And federal officials have charged others for alleged misuse of state Medicaid programs intended to provide autism treatment and housing stabilization services.

Some of the people charged and

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