Politics
Trump administration investigates Ilhan Omar's citizenship for possible revocation
October 15, 2026 at 04:03 AM · Updated 1d ago
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 9 hours
The Wall Street Journal reported the Trump administration is investigating Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar to revoke her citizenship and deport her.
- The inquiry examines whether Omar or her late father altered her age in immigration paperwork when her father applied for citizenship.
- Authorities have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in Minnesota, including to some of Omar's relatives.
- Federal agents raided Omar's home on Monday, seizing her passport, phone, computers and notebooks.
- Omar's office rejected the investigation as baseless.
- ICE agents carried out the raid less than a month before the November 3rd election.
- Politicians and activists warned that the investigation constitutes unprecedented political targeting of administration opponents.



