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DHS launches nationwide ICE operation against illegal immigrants accused of SNAP food-stamp fraud

Published 6:00 AM CT, Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · Updated 6:14 AM CT
In the 6 AM CT update

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a nationwide operation targeting illegal immigrants accused of fraudulently obtaining SNAP food benefits, and ICE confirmed several arrests, Fox News reported. DHS named four Haitian nationals and a Cuban national living in the country illegally among those arrested and called the arrests 'the opening salvo in a sustained, large-scale ICE operation,' Fox News said. 'These programs are for Americans only,' Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.

• SNAP
• Food stamps
• ICE
• Department of Homeland Security
• Markwayne Mullin
• Illegal immigration
• Benefits fraud
• Haiti
• Cuba
• Immigration enforcement