‘People will be in handcuffs’: Trump wants to revoke U.S. citizenship of Somali fraudsters, says Karoline Leavitt
President Donald Trump wants U.S. citizenship revoked for Somali fraudsters in America, says White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who predicts “people will be in handcuffs” as a result of rampant fraud in Minnesota.
Appearing on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning, Leavitt was asked point blank: “Does President Trump want those Somalis to have their citizenship revoked if convicted of fraud?”
“Absolutely,” she responded, “and it’s something the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State is currently looking at right now. It’s something this administration has already done.”
“Does President Trump want those Somalis to have their citizenship revoked if convicted of fraud?”@PressSec: “Absolutely — and it’s something @DHSgov, @StateDept is currently looking at right now.” pic.twitter.com/NZCwvPIe86
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 31, 2025
“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,” she continued.
“But that’s not gonna 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 bene ripping off and stealing money from law-abiding Americans. This administration is not going to tolerate it.”
Leavitt’s appearance comes in the wake of a mega-viral video by independent journalist Nick Shirley, who exposed stunning amounts of fraud at daycare centers that had no children at them despite getting millions of taxpayer dollars.
Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable
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— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025
Leavitt noted the probes into Minnesota fraud is “a whole of government effort. We’ve surged resources.”
“The Department of Justice has already charged and prosecuted nearly 100 people,” she said. “In fact, some of the buildings and some of the sites that Nick Shirley exposed in that video are under current investigation by the Department of Justice.”
Leavitt blasted the Democrat governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, as “completely incompetent.”
“He always has been,” she said, adding, “President Trump has long called him out for his incompetence and his poor leadership in the great state of Minnesota.”
“This fraud in Gov. Walz’s state is something the Trump administration has been working on since Day One. And since Nick Shirley’s journalism really brought this issue further to light, we have surged resources across the board to the state. So I want your audience to understand this is a top priority for the administration. 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 Gov. Walz has allowed to occur for many, many years.
.@PressSec on the rampant Somali fraud in Minnesota: “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 @GovTimWalz has allowed to occur for many, many years.” pic.twitter.com/nfZIejN42w
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 31, 2025
“The Department of Homeland Security is conducting door-to-door investigations on the ground at potential fraud sites. And there are also, of course, continued deportations of illegal aliens in Minnesota’s communities. We’re also not afraid to use denaturalization. That’s a tool at the president and secretary of state’s disposal and it’s one this administration has previously used.”
Hugh Hewitt of “The Hugh Hewitt Show” also appeared Wednesday on Fox News to discuss what he called “a nightmare scandal.”
“Tim Walz, Ilhan Omar, and all the Minnesota DFLers, they won’t be able to talk their way out of this,” Hewitt said. “This is really a nightmare scandal.”
“The whole approach of ‘nothing to see here, keep on moving—there is nothing to discuss’ will not work.”@hughhewitt joins @FoxNews @AmericaNewsroom to weigh in on the Minnesota fraud scandal.
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