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Ilhan Omar should be deported if she lied for citizenship, says Emmer
Fox News • • nation
Key Points:
- House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, the highest-ranking lawmaker from Rep. Ilhan Omar's home state of Minnesota, called for Omar to be jailed and deported if it is proven she or her father lied on federal paperwork to obtain her U.S. citizenship.
- Omar is under federal investigation for allegedly falsifying her birth year on immigration documents, which could affect her citizenship status since she was believed to be a minor when her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
- Federal agents recently raided Omar's Washington, D.C. home, seizing her cellphone and other items as part of the investigation, prompting Omar and Democrats to condemn the probe as a politically motivated attack ahead of the November election.
- Emmer defended the investigation, emphasizing that a judge authorized the search warrant based on probable cause and suggesting that the scrutiny of Omar has been long overdue.
- Omar and her allies maintain the investigation is politically driven, with Omar calling it an escalation of a campaign of intimidation against her and other critics of former President Trump.
