Tim Walz

And I will add a special.

A special thank you and a special acknowledgement that we will never leave the side of our Somali Minnesotans.

Here's our pledge to you.

Our Somali Minnesotans, your great grandchildren will still be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history.

You will be here.

When the wannabe dictator in the White House sent his untrained, aggressive thugs to do damage to Minnesota, it was you, Minnesota, who stood up for your neighbors, who stood up for decency, who stood up for kindness.

Governor Tim Walz responded to Vice President J.D.

Vance's announcement that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would halt the funds to ensure the state is a good steward of taxpayer dollars.

In announcing a new package of fraud prevention measures, Walz said the state has already complied with federal investigators and that the Trump administration's actions set back efforts to fight fraud in the state.

The governor asked for cooperation.

Wall says the funding halt is part of a continued campaign of retribution from President Trump.

For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in St.

Paul, Minnesota.

And if you see these ice agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.

help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution.

Governor Tim Walz says he is cautiously optimistic that Trump will keep his word.

The Democratic governor says Holman personally assured him that agents are leaving immediately.

Walz says the operation caused an economic crisis here similar to COVID-19.

and left the state with generational trauma.

The governor says the feds need to pay for what they broke, but for now he's urging state lawmakers to approve an aid package for small businesses.