Trump administration seeks to strip Ilhan Omar of US citizenship: WSJ
Summary
The Trump administration is investigating Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to see if she should lose her US citizenship because of questions about how she became a citizen after coming to the US as a refugee. Federal agents searched her home recently as part of this investigation, which looks at possible changes in her age on immigration papers that could affect her citizenship status.Key Facts
- President Donald Trump’s administration is investigating Ilhan Omar to possibly revoke her US citizenship.
- The inquiry focuses on how Omar, originally from Somalia, became a US citizen after arriving as a refugee.
- Authorities are checking if Omar or her late father changed her age to help her gain citizenship through her father.
- Omar’s home was searched by federal agents who took items like her passport and electronic devices.
- Omar’s office says the investigation has no basis and denies any wrongdoing.
- The investigation involves subpoenas and testimony before a grand jury in Minnesota.
- Omar has been a US citizen since 2000 after arriving in 1995 from a Kenyan refugee camp.
- The Department of Homeland Security said the raid was part of an ongoing federal investigation.
- No lawsuit has been filed yet to revoke Omar’s citizenship; investigation alone does not remove citizenship or deport someone.
- Omar has faced attacks from Trump and his supporters over her background and immigration status.
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