'Not afraid': Karoline Leavitt says Trump 'absolutely' wants rare punishment for Somalis

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that President Donald Trump "absolutely" wants to revoke the citizenship of Somali-Americans who are convicted of fraudulently running daycare facilities in Minnesota.

"It's something the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State is currently looking at right now," Leavitt told Fox News on Wednesday. "It'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."

"But that's not going to stop the president and his entire cabinet by acting on behalf of law-abiding, tax-paying 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," she continued. "This administration is not going to tolerate it."

Leavitt noted that DHS was "conducting door-to-door investigations on the ground at potential fraud sites."

"We're also not afraid to use denaturalization," she insisted. "That's a tool at the president and the Secretary of State's disposal, and it's one this administration has previously used before."