Federal agents swooped on the Washington home of Ilhan Omar early on Monday in a criminal fraud probe into how the congresswoman got into America.
Homeland Security Investigations carried out the raid, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.
‘Today in the Washington, D.C. area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice,’ a DOJ spokesperson told the outlet.
‘This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation,’ the spokesperson added.
Homeland Security, under the leadership of Markwayne Mullin, are zeroing in on immigration paperwork the Somali-born Democrat’s late father filled out on her behalf when she was a child.
The raid is a major escalation of a case border czar Tom Homan first revealed in mid-September.
Pressed on whether Omar was under investigation, Homan refused to discuss specifics, but warned: ‘No one’s above the law.’ He also declined to rule out stripping her of her American citizenship.
Days earlier, Mullin said the probe reached beyond her disputed 2009 marriage and warned that removal actions could follow if wrongdoing is proven. Omar has long faced claims that she married her own brother to get him into the country.
Federal agents swooped on the Washington home of Ilhan Omar early on Monday in a criminal fraud probe into how the congresswoman got into America
Homeland Security, under the leadership of Markwayne Mullin, are zeroing in on immigration paperwork the Somali-born Democrat’s late father filled out on her behalf when she was a child
