Get you up to speed: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home searched by Homeland Security investigators
Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar in Washington, D.C., early on Monday morning, as part of a federal criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork. The Department of Justice confirmed the operation, stating it was related to ongoing inquiries involving federal offences.
Homeland Security Investigations is leading the probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration paperwork, with assistance from the Department of Justice. The search warrant executed was part of what officials described as an ongoing federal criminal investigation related to documents dating back to her childhood.
House Democratic leaders characterised the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as “deeply disturbing” and expressed concerns over the potential “weaponization of the federal government” against political opponents. The Justice Department confirmed that the search was executed as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations.
What remains unclear — It is unclear what specific allegations are being investigated concerning Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration paperwork.
Homeland Security investigates Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Ilhan Omar‘s Washington, D.C., home was the target of a raid early Monday morning by ICE’s investigations unit.
Sources say the investigation centers on Omar’s immigration paperwork. The documents in question date back to Omar’s childhood, involving paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child.
Omar’s office said in a statement that Omar had “done nothing wrong” and called the raid “outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies.”
Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, posted Monday on social media, “I’m ok,” adding “I will not be silenced.”
“Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” Omar wrote. “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.”
Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, the department’s criminal investigative arm, is leading the investigation, with the Department of Justice assisting.
HSI has jurisdiction over federal offenses including immigration document fraud, identity fraud and immigration benefit fraud. Unlike ICE’s deportation-focused operations, HSI special agents conduct criminal investigations and execute federal search warrants.
In a statement, the Justice Department confirmed that the HSI executed a search warrant secured by the DOJ. The statement said it was “part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.”
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, whip Rep. Katherine Clark and caucus chair Rep. Pete Aguilar called the raid on Omar’s home “deeply disturbing” and said it “raises serious questions about the continued corrupt weaponization of the federal government against Donald Trump‘s adversaries.”
Omar is a frequent target of President Trump, and border czar Tom Homan said in September that there was an “ongoing criminal investigation” into the congresswoman.
“I’m confirming that ICE is, yeah — look, I said months ago that there’s something that’s been reported and needs to be looked at,” Homan told Fox News in September.
Omar said at the time that she had not been contacted in connection to any investigation.