Nick Shirley, the right-wing influencer known for his provocative videos on the Somali community in Minnesota, went on Fox News to ask his followers to help him pay for private security amid alleged threats from leftists.

Shirley’s operation has now moved to California, where he claims to have exposed more than $170 million in fraud in state-funded childcare and home healthcare programs.

Since he went viral in December for his video on Somali-run daycare centers, Shirley says he has been doxxed and threatened by his critics every time he shows up in another city to film videos.

After posting on X that it was ‘time to raise money for security’ once again, Shirley went on Kayleigh McEnany’s show on Saturday to boost the online fundraiser.

‘People try to dox my location live,’ he said. ‘It sucks because I’ll go to a city, I’ll be out filming… [then] some left-wing activist will take a photo, put me in a Reddit group chat. This happened to me in Baltimore. It just happened this last weekend in California.’

‘They say, “run Nick Shirley out,”‘ he added. ‘This has happened in multiple cities. I had money for security, after Minnesota that went down to pretty much nothing, so unfortunately I had to raise funds again to be able to go out and film these videos.’

‘I used to be able to film these videos without security,’ he continued. 

‘The last hospice video cost $15,000 to go film because I had to have private security for three days. So, I asked my fans and viewers if they could help me out with those security costs.’

Nick Shirley appeared on Kayleigh McEnany’s Fox News show on Saturday to ask his fans to fundraise for his private security after alleged threats from leftists

Shirley first gained notoriety in December when he posted a video looking into various Somali-run daycare centers in Minneapolis. After his video, the Trump administration launched a major immigration enforcement operation in the city

The Daily Mail approached Shirley for further comment.

Shirley’s video, which profiled Minneapolis daycare centers that appeared empty or displayed misspelled signage, racked up millions of views.

One daycare facility had a sign out front that read ‘Quality Learing Center,’ fueling accusations that public dollars were going to ill-equipped businesses. 

The video also caught the attention of the Trump administration. Within days, federal agents began going door-to-door at various locations.

And by January, thousands of agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection descended on the city.

The heavy deployment led to widespread protests in the streets, even during subzero temperatures. Protests significantly ramped up after Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by federal agents.