Rep. Ilhan Omars relatives subpoenaed by feds as DHS investigates lawmakers immigration history
Rep.Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., immigration history is facing fresh scrutiny after federal agents searched her Washington, D.C., home, with new reports detailing subpoenas to relatives and a request from her congressional staff to change the birth year listed in public biographies.Federal investigators have subpoenaed Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, and at least one other person in her family circle as they examine possible fraud and false statements in immigration paperwork, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation.Fox News has also learned that subpoenas have been sent to multiple family members of Omar.Separately, the New York Post reported that Omar’s staff asked the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library in May 2019 to change her listed birth year from 1981 to 1982, a discrepancy a former political opponent has questioned while challenging the Minnesota Democrat’s account of how she became a U.S.
citizen.The reports come one day after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home.Two sources familiar with the probe told Fox News Digital the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving her immigration paperwork.The Justice Department confirmed that agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.Omar has repeatedly denied immigration wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of using federal law enforcement against her.“I’m ok.Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” Omar, a member of DC’s progressive “The Squad,” wrote Monday on X.“For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns.
This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” she continued.“I will not be silenced.”According to emails reviewed by the Post, Omar’s congressional staff contacted the Minneso...