The nature of the investigation remains unclear but various US media reports suggest it is linked to her US citizenship.
The Trump administration’s criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is aimed at seeking to build a basis to strip the congresswoman of her U.S. citizenship and deport her, according to a new report. Omar has been the subject of government investigations for months. President Donald Trump said in January that the Department of Justice…
Federal authorities issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in inquiry into potential immigration fraudUS politics live – latest updatesFederal authorities investigating the Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar seized the Democratic lawmaker’s phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, according…
The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.
The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to relatives of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of its immigration-related investigation into the Somalia-born congresswoman, the New York Times reports.
Questions raised about citizenship paperwork, why she changed her birth year
The Trump administration has desperately searched for evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed fraud, alleging she or her late father are liars for changing her age from 18 to 17 years old on her citizenship application. According to what US officials and other people with knowledge of the federal government’s investigation told the Wall Street…
Usually authoritarians target those on the margins before expanding their repression. That Trump and Vance are going after a sitting congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, with politically motivated deportation means they have bigger ambitions.
