Politics · United States · 2 hrs ago
Federal agents search Ilhan Omar’s home in probe involving childhood immigration paperwork
Federal agents searched Rep.
Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning.
The search is connected to a yearslong probe involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child.
Omar is a U.S. citizen and the first Somali American in Congress.
She called the search “an attempt to target political enemies.”
The case concerns immigration records from her childhood and a search of the home of a sitting member of Congress.
No further steps in the probe were described.
Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday morning.
Sources told CBS News the search is connected to a yearslong probe involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child.
Omar is a U.S. citizen and the first Somali American in Congress.
She called the search “an attempt to target political enemies.”
- Who
- Federal agents searched the home of Representative Ilhan Omar.
- What
- The search is connected to a probe involving childhood immigration paperwork, according to sources.
- When
- Monday morning. The article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Omar’s home in Washington, D.C.
- Why
- Sources said the yearslong probe involves immigration paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child.
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- Subject
- Representative Ilhan Omar
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- Probe duration
- Yearslong
- Paperwork
- Immigration documents completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child
- Citizenship
- U.S. citizen
What people are saying
an attempt to target political enemies
Sources
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