Trump Administration Seeks to Strip Ilhan Omar's Citizenship Amid Criminal Investigation

Reports indicated that the Trump administration was seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a move reportedly tied to an ongoing criminal investigation. The probe, led by Homeland Security Investigations, focused partly on the circumstances surrounding Omar's acquisition of citizenship after she arrived in the United States as a refugee from Somalia. Authorities were reportedly examining her family's immigration records and had issued multiple grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, to gather testimony.

Federal agents also searched Representative Omar's Washington, D.C.-area home, seizing items such as her passport, mobile phone, and personal computers. This escalation in the investigation occurred just weeks before midterm elections. Omar's office consistently rejected the investigation, describing it as baseless and an attempt by the Trump administration to target political opponents and weaponize federal law enforcement.

A key aspect of the citizenship inquiry involved allegations that Omar or her late father may have altered her age on immigration paperwork, potentially to show she was 17 instead of 18 when applying for citizenship. Investigators reportedly scrutinized whether this allowed her to secure citizenship through her father as a minor, avoiding a separate application process. Despite the intensified scrutiny, Omar had not been publicly charged with a crime in connection with the investigation.