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Trump Says Ilhan Omar Could Be Deported Or Go To Jail, Calls Somalia A S***house
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Trump claimed Ilhan Omar could be deported amid an immigration fraud probe. He said Omar could also go to jail during the investigation.
Trump targets Omar
US President Donald Trump said Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar could be deported and could also go to jail during an Oval Office event about a fraud-tip incentive programme.
Trump told reporters, “Well, she could be. She could also go to jail,” after a question about whether an issue with Omar’s age could lead to deportation.
Trump also called Omar “a sick, a very dishonest person who hates our country,” and he described Somalia, her country of birth, as “a real s***house, OK?”
Trump’s remarks came after federal authorities searched Omar’s Washington home as part of an immigration-related inquiry into questions surrounding her immigration records.
Federal search and denials
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted a search at Omar’s residence in Washington, DC on October 12, according to the report. Federal agents executed a court-authorized search warrant as part of an investigation into alleged fraud involving immigration documents.
Omar criticized the reported raid as political intimidation and said, “This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” while she denied wrongdoing. Omar’s attorneys demanded the return of property seized during the search and argued there was “no legitimate basis” for suggesting she violated laws about her citizenship status.
Legal questions and stakes
Deportation generally applies to noncitizens and revoking naturalized citizenship requires a separate legal process and cannot be accomplished through presidential rhetoric alone. Markwayne Mullin, head of the Department of Homeland Security, said federal investigators have “solid cases” to deport Omar and argued, “We wouldn’t move forward with the process, and President Trump wouldn’t want to either, unless we were sure it wouldn’t be politically motivated.”
The report added that Omar has repeatedly been singled out by Trump over her Somali origins and political views, and it described her as one of Congress’s most prominent Muslim lawmakers and a longtime Trump critic. The report added that the investigation is unfolding alongside the administration’s broader campaign against alleged fraud involving Somali networks in Minnesota, drawing increased scrutiny to the state’s Somali-American community.