OFFICIAL: Ilhan Omar faces deportation trial for fraud involvement and immigration status as the DOJ opens a public investigation.
President Donald Trump on Sunday night appeared to confirm that federal immigration authorities have active or contemplated enforcement proceedings against radical “Squad” Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota over long-standing allegations of immigration fraud.
Trump shared a bombshell report from Just the News revealing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to release records concerning its investigation into the Minnesota Democrat.
ICE claimed that disclosing the records could interfere with “enforcement proceedings.” Trump posted the report to Truth Social on Sunday evening without adding further commentary.
ICE further explained that the exemption applies to law-enforcement information when its release could disrupt such proceedings.
Trump’s decision to amplify the revelation immediately raised questions about what those proceedings could mean for Omar, a longtime political adversary of the president who was born in Somalia and entered the US as a refugee.
Omar has vehemently denied the allegations.
“Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive,” she previously said.
Omar reportedly obtained a Muslim divorce from Elmi in 2011 before reuniting with Ahmed Hirsi and having another child with him the following year. She formally divorced Elmi in 2017.
The ICE disclosure followed a FOIA request filed in January seeking records concerning any investigation of Omar.
Rather than saying no responsive records existed, ICE invoked a law-enforcement exemption and warned that disclosure could interfere with “enforcement proceedings.”
Trump has now personally highlighted that language, drawing new attention to the possibility of federal action involving Omar and the years-old immigration allegations against her.
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