- The US government is investigating Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to revoke her citizenship and eventually deport her
- A new investigation into her citizenship has raised questions about her immigration history, from a refugee camp in Kenya to the US
- At the heart of the inquiry is an allegation that she or her late father may have altered her age in immigration paperwork
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US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is at the centre of a federal investigation that could potentially strip her of American citizenship and lead to her deportation.
Source: UGC
The inquiry focuses on the circumstances surrounding how Omar, a Democratic representative from Minnesota, obtained citizenship after she arrived in the US as a Somali refugee.
What Investigators Are Examining
Investigators are reportedly scrutinising her family's immigration records and have issued more than a dozen subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, requesting their testimony before a grand jury in Minnesota.
At the heart of the citizenship inquiry is an allegation that Omar or her late father may have altered her age in immigration paperwork, stating she was 17 rather than 18 at the time her father applied for citizenship.
Authorities are looking into whether that discrepancy allowed her to obtain citizenship through her father's application rather than completing a separate process of her own.
Omar's father passed away in 2026, a development that complicates the collection of evidence regarding who may have provided the disputed information.
Omar's Journey to US
A former senior immigration official at the Justice Department told the newspaper that the success of the Trump administration's case would likely rest on proving Omar herself provided false information, as opposed to her father acting on his own.
Homeland Security Investigations had examined a similar allegation during the Biden administration but did not pursue it, citing insufficient evidence of fraud.
Omar arrived in the US in 1995, having previously lived in a refugee camp in Kenya, and became a citizen in the year 2000.
She has consistently denied any involvement in immigration fraud, and her office dismissed the current investigation as entirely without merit.
Home Raid Days Before Report Emerged
The citizenship inquiry follows a raid on Omar's Minneapolis home carried out by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, a division of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Agents cordoned off the surrounding street on a Monday morning and removed boxes marked "Seized Property Evidence."
Items taken from the home included her passport, mobile phone, personal computers and notebooks.
The Department of Homeland Security described the search as part of an ongoing federal investigation conducted under a judicially authorised search warrant.
Omar's Office Criticises Raid
Omar's office characterised it as an "unprecedented escalation" targeting political opponents of the administration.
The raid took place weeks ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, with Omar seeking a fifth consecutive term representing Minnesota's 5th congressional district.
When asked about the search, President Donald Trump told reporters he had "nothing to do" with it, saying the decision rested with the Department of Justice.
It is prudent to note that no lawsuit seeking to revoke Omar's citizenship had been filed, and that the investigation alone carries no authority to strip her of citizenship or order her removal from the country.
Source: TUKO.co.ke