{"id":2527249,"date":"2025-12-31T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-absolutely-wants-to-revoke-citizenship-of-somalis-who-committed-fraud-in-minnesota-leavitt\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:10:24","slug":"trump-absolutely-wants-to-revoke-citizenship-of-somalis-who-committed-fraud-in-minnesota-leavitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-absolutely-wants-to-revoke-citizenship-of-somalis-who-committed-fraud-in-minnesota-leavitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &#8216;absolutely&#8217; wants to revoke citizenship of Somalis who committed fraud in Minnesota: Leavitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-absolutely-wants-to-revoke-citizenship-of-somalis-who-committed-fraud-in-minnesota-leavitt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2527249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House confirmed that president Trump wants to denaturalize Somali immigrants tied to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-told-us-somalis-are-massive-contributors-to-minnesota-stats-prove-thats-a-lie-of-profound-proportions\/\" title=\"Dems Told Us Somalis Are Massive Contributors to .... Stats Prove That&#039;s a Lie of Profound Proportions\">large fraud scheme<\/a> in Minnesota. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Justice Department is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-and-homes-of-council-members-in-corruption-probe\/\" title=\"FBI Raids Detroit City Hall And Homes Of Council Members In Corruption Probe\">executing search warrants<\/a> and subpoenas, that denaturalization is being considered and used, and when asked whether citizenship should be revoked she answered &#8220;absolutely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The administration has portrayed the scandal as evidence of long-standing failures by Minnesota&#8217;s governor, deployed DOJ and DHS personnel to the state, and temporarily paused some federal funding (Small Business Administration and HHS child care grants) while investigations continue. Officials also view the case as politically useful to refocus national debate onto immigration ahead of the 2026 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Legal context: denaturalization is rare,can only be pursued in court,and applies only to naturalized citizens (not people born in the U.S.). Historically the government opened only a small number of denaturalization cases per year. Minnesota&#8217;s Somali community numbers around 100,000 people; more than half are U.S.-born, and most Somali immigrants in the state are believed to be naturalized citizens.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump &lsquo;absolutely&rsquo; wants to revoke citizenship of Somalis who committed fraud in Minnesota: Leavitt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2458899\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361772\/white-house-touts-historic-drop-murder-rate\/\">White House<\/a> press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Wednesday that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4363890\/israeli-president-pushes-back-trump-netanyahu-impending-pardon\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> wants to denaturalize members of Minnesota&rsquo;s Somali community involved in yearslong, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >billion-dollar fraud schemes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal, which has already produced dozens of federal indictments in recent weeks, has proven a political godsend for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361812\/trump-sends-special-merry-christmas-message-radical-left-scum\/\">Trump<\/a> administration, which is hoping to turn the national conversations away from the economy and back toward immigration heading into the 2026 midterm election cycle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4356223\/trump-first-year-back-successes-failures\/\">Trump&#8217;s first year back in office: Four successes and four failures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4364471\/nonprofit-group-environmental-concerns-bid-halt-white-house-ballroom\/\">Democrat-backed nonprofit group cites environmental concerns in bid to halt White House ballroom construction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4364173\/trump-gross-incompetence-lawsuit-powell\/\">Trump floats &#8216;gross incompetence&#8217; lawsuit against Powell over Fed renovation costs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During a Wednesday morning interview with Fox News, Leavitt said the scandal will be a &ldquo;top priority&rdquo; for federal investigators heading into the new year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department of Justice, as we speak, is continuing to execute search warrants and subpoenas. People will be in handcuffs as a result of the fraud that Governor Walz has allowed to occur there for many, many years,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re also not afraid to use denaturalization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361772\/white-house-touts-historic-drop-murder-rate\/\">Leavitt<\/a> was asked by Fox News to clarify whether Somalis convicted of fraud should &ldquo;have their citizenship revoked,&rdquo; to which she responded, &ldquo;Absolutely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State is currently looking at right now. It&rsquo;s something this administration has already done, and we know that there are liberal activist judges across the country who will try to block and tackle this administration from pursuing justice at every turn,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s not going to stop the president and his entire cabinet by acting on behalf of law abiding, taxpaying citizens in the state of Minnesota and in states across the country who have been ripped off by people who abused our immigration system, came to our country, do not love our country or respect our values, and now have been ripping off and stealing money from law abiding Americans. This administration is not going to tolerate it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4363619\/how-denaturalization-would-work-for-us-citizens-from-somalia\/\">Denaturalization<\/a>, the process by which the federal government revokes citizenship status from former immigrants, is extremely rare and can only be pursued through the judicial system. From 1990 through 2017, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-cdc-extends-ban-on-evictions-smaller-landlords-struggle-to-keep-properties\/\" title=\"As CDC Extends Ban On Evictions, Smaller Landlords Struggle To Keep Properties\">federal government opened<\/a> an average of just 11 denaturalization cases per year, although the number rose to 25 cases per year during Trump&rsquo;s first term in office.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the government cannot revoke the citizenship status of citizens who were born in the United States; it can only revoke the citizenship status of immigrants who later became naturalized U.S. citizens. Roughly 100,000 Somalis currently live in Minnesota, with more than half being born on U.S. soil. Nearly 90% of Somali immigrants living in Minnesota are believed to be naturalized citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks after the fraud cases made national headlines, the Trump administration has taken several steps to implicate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) in the scandal. Leavitt referred to Walz as &ldquo;completely incompetent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4363619\/how-denaturalization-would-work-for-us-citizens-from-somalia\/\"><strong>HERE&rsquo;S HOW DENATURALIZATION WOULD WORK FOR US CITIZENS FROM SOMALIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the administration has deployed Justice Department and Homeland Security personnel to the state to continue investigations and immigration enforcement actions.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt said the administration also paused Small Business Administration and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4363458\/trump-administration-rural-health-transformation-grants\/\">Health and Human Services<\/a> child care funding to the state while the investigations continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump seeks to strip Somali fraudsters&#8217; citizenship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2527250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25350703553867.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[68471,64353,37326,62494,3634],"class_list":["post-2527249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-citizenship-revocation","tag-immigration-fraud","tag-minnesota-politics","tag-somali-community","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25350703553867.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527253,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527249\/revisions\/2527253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}