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Federal prosecutors have not charged any of the dozens of defendants in recent public program fraud cases in Minnesota with providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations. "},{"_id":"MEZE66QOPFFC7KASCNI4NTNN3Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Last month, Trump said he was terminating Temporary Protected Status for Somali migrants in Minnesota, a legal safeguard against deportation. 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