Politics
US investigators subpoena Ilhan Omar's relatives after raid on her home
October 14, 2026 at 03:17 PM · Updated 1d ago
5 reports · 2 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 12 hours
Federal investigators have subpoenaed relatives of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar over her family's immigration records, a day after agents searched her home.
- Investigators issued subpoenas to Omar's sister Sahra Noor and at least one other relative in a probe into possible fraud and false statements in immigration documents.
- Department of Homeland Security agents searched Omar's Washington home on Monday and removed boxes of documents.
- Omar called the search an attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate political opponents, saying "I will not be silenced."
- Trump claimed on Truth Social that Omar committed "fraud," adding "America wants answers. We want them now."
- A federal judge limited the Justice Department's access to Omar's records in the probe, citing her role as a member of Congress.
- Investigators are examining whether Omar or her deceased father falsified her age when she obtained citizenship in 2000.
- The Associated Press reported that federal authorities confiscated Representative Ilhan Omar's phone in the ongoing investigation.
- Federal authorities issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to relatives of Representative Ilhan Omar, in the immigration probe.






