Border czar Tom Homan said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could lose her U.S. citizenship and face deportation if investigators prove she committed fraud during the naturalization process. He said the decision would depend on the evidence and declined to discuss specific investigative details.
In remarks to Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show,” Homan said the government has previously pursued denaturalization cases and that Omar should be subject to the same standards as other people. He added that he had been told investigators had a strong case, while saying he would let the evidence determine the outcome and would not get ahead of the agencies involved.
The federal investigation concerns allegations that Omar or her father misrepresented her birth year on immigration documents. The question, as described in the source material, is whether Omar was 17 or 18 when her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000. If she was 17, she was believed to have qualified for citizenship automatically as a minor along with him. The allegations say she may instead have been 18, which would have required her to pursue citizenship through a separate process.
The source does not establish that Omar or her father committed fraud. Homan spoke conditionally, saying denaturalization could occur if evidence supports the allegation. He also did not identify evidence publicly or explain what investigators had collected.
The investigation became more visible after federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home earlier in the week and took her cellphone and other property, according to the report. Asked whether authorities were investigating other possible wrongdoing, Homan declined to address the matter and said that was a question for the FBI.
Omar and other Democrats have criticized the investigation as politically motivated. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was among those cited as denouncing the inquiry. The report also says Omar’s office had not responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment at the time of publication.
The case remains under investigation, and the allegations have not been presented in the source material as proven findings. Any potential denaturalization or deportation would depend on what investigators establish and subsequent legal proceedings.
