{"id":16601,"date":"2026-01-18T03:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=16601"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:26:11","slug":"congress-cracks-down-on-somali-cash-leaving-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=16601","title":{"rendered":"Congress Cracks Down on Somali Cash Leaving America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week, we covered a TSA revelation that hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, much of it carried by Somali couriers, was flagged leaving U.S. airports and heading overseas. Now, lawmakers are working tirelessly to uncover the truth about this scandal.\n<\/p>\n

Have you taken your place on the wall?<\/h4>\n

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From Just the News:\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to do whatever it takes to get to the bottom of this [\u2026] and it will mean subpoenaing these things,\u201d Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., told\u00a0Just the News<\/em>\u00a0in an interview Thursday. He also revealed that federal agents are probing the massive cash transfers that move through a network centered in the Minneapolis airport.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we\u2019ve started our investigation, we\u2019re already bumping up against the federal government, which says they have an active investigation,\u201d Paul said during an interview with the\u00a0Just the News, No Noise<\/em>\u00a0television show. \u201cAnd whereas I can investigate for facts, I can\u2019t put people in jail. So if the FBI is currently investigating this, or certain members of the government are, it may be delayed, as far as me being able to bring individuals who may shortly be, you would think under indictment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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Paul\u2019s promise for subpoenas in the Senate was matched across the Capitol by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., who said his investigation was also targeting the couriers inside Minnesota\u2019s large Somali immigrant community. That community landed in the headlines after a massive taxpayer\u00a0fraud scandal\u00a0was revealed.<\/p>\n

Just the News notes that, according to the TSA, nearly $700 million in cash left the Minneapolis airport alone in 2025, carried in the luggage of a handful of Somali immigrants and headed to destinations like Dubai. The TSA and federal investigators also found that other Somali communities were moving cash. For example, in 2024 and 2025, around $136 million left the Columbus, Ohio, airport for Minneapolis, where it was then sent overseas.\n<\/p>\n

Officials are reportedly investigating whether these large sums of cash are related to the Somali fraud in Minnesota, which has dominated headlines in recent months. The House oversight committee is also hard at work investigating this fraud, recently alleging, based on the testimony of state lawmakers,\u00a0 that \u201cGovernor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison failed to take action to address this widespread fraud and have retaliated against whistleblowers who raised concerns.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Majority Whip Tom Emmer also recently expressed concern that the taxpayer money flowing overseas is ending up in the pockets of terrorists. He stated he knew of \u201c$5 million that has gone directly to Al-Shabaab in Somalia, from Minnesota,\u201d calling the fraud \u201ca powder keg that has been allowed to exist for years by Democrats who benefit off of corruption.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pray for our leaders as they investigate this fraud, and let\u2019s pray for justice and accountability for those who have stolen from American taxpayers!\n<\/p>\n

How are you praying about this issue? Share your prayers and scriptures below.<\/h4>\n

(Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America \u2013 Rand Paul, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=44808097)
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