Federal Agents Raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's Home as Citizenship Probe and Trump's Resignation Call Escalate

Federal agents raided the Washington, DC, home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, last week and removed 17 items, including phones, notebooks, a camera and a Somali phrase book for her children. The Justice Department is investigating her for potential immigration fraud. Omar has not been indicted or charged. The administration has said it is examining whether she obtained citizenship fraudulently after arriving from Somalia at age 12. Reported allegations include that her father misstated her age on immigration papers and that her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. The government reportedly obtained her DNA, though it denied the account of how. A federal filing lists her as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, also known as Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. President Trump says she used a fake name to be sworn in and must resign immediately. The Wall Street Journal reported the administration is pursuing denaturalization and removal, which has never been tried against a member of Congress. Omar carried her district two years ago with nearly three-quarters of the vote.

Fox News and the Daily Wire, the right-leaning outlets, focus on her name. Fox quotes Trump's resignation demand and "troublemaker" remark, cites the federal filing and the 17 seized items, and says removal could be harder than Trump expects given her margin. The Daily Wire calls her real name Ilhan Nur Said Elmi per the Justice Department and centers on a video she posted days after the raid, whose Somali rap soundtrack it says carries violent lyrics, citing a translation commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon. The Nation and The New Republic, on the left, call the effort a denaturalization push and persecution. The Nation details the age and sibling allegations and the DNA report; The New Republic cites Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin on plans to investigate and cut funding if Democrats win the House. Both sides cover the raid and the investigation. Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing.