Here’s how denaturalization would work for US citizens from Somalia

Published December 31, 2025 4:00am ET



Republicans and the Trump administration are pushing for the denaturalization of any immigrant-turned United States citizen who is found to have stolen U.S. tax dollars and fraudulently obtained Minnesota welfare funds.

Somali immigrants have been accused of orchestrating a successful billion-dollar fraud ring that siphoned large sums of money from the U.S. government intended for statewide charities, particularly in Minnesota.

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