Border czar Tom Homan says Rep. Ilhan Omar could be stripped of citizenship and deported if investigators prove immigration fraud, a step Democrats call political persecution.
White House border czar Tom Homan told “The Big Weekend Show” on Saturday that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could be denaturalized and removed from the country if the evidence shows she committed immigration fraud. He stressed that no one sits above the law after federal agents searched her Washington, D.C., home and seized her cellphone.
Fox News Digital reported Homan’s remarks as the investigation into alleged false statements on her family’s immigration paperwork continued. He declined to discuss operational details and said the evidence will decide the outcome.
Homeland Security Investigations agents raided Omar’s D.C. residence early Monday morning and took her cellphone along with other possessions, a source familiar with the operation said. The probe centers on claims that Omar or her father misstated her birth year on paperwork used to secure citizenship after the family fled Somalia in the late 1990s.
Her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Officials long believed Omar was 17 at the time and therefore automatically qualified as a minor. Recent allegations hold that she was actually 18 and would have had to complete the process on her own.
Homan framed the matter in plain terms. If someone lies during naturalization, the government has a path to reverse that status.
He told the program:
"Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We've done it before... And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen,"
He added that Omar will “be held to the same standards you and I are held [to]. If she violated the law, then she'll be held accountable.” Homan said he flagged the allegations more than a year ago and that investigators are now following them. He has been told they have a strong case, yet he refused to get ahead of HSI or the FBI.
Asked about possible wrongdoing beyond immigration fraud, Homan pointed straight at the bureau: “That's a question for the FBI. I know things, but that's the question for FBI.” That stance tracks earlier reporting that Homan confirmed an ongoing criminal investigation into the Minnesota Democrat over the same fraud claims.
Additional reporting filled in how agents reached Omar’s door. The New York Post detailed that a family text message recovered from sister Sahra Noor’s phone earlier this year helped investigators win a judge’s approval for the raid. Agents seized Omar’s phone, passport, notebooks, and personal computers. Before the search, they also collected DNA from her trash.
Former FBI special agent Tracy Walder described the DNA step as straightforward once material sits in discarded garbage. Evidence is headed toward a Minnesota grand jury, and family members have received subpoenas. The inquiry examines whether Omar and relatives lied about details tied to their 1995 refugee entry, material that could support removal efforts if proven.
House leadership on the Republican side has already drawn a hard line on consequences. House Whip Emmer said Omar should face jail and deportation if citizenship fraud is established, matching the accountability standard Homan described.
Omar and fellow Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, denounced the investigation as political persecution of one of President Trump’s frequent critics in the weeks before a critical election. Fox News Digital sought comment from Omar’s office and did not immediately receive a reply.
Omar’s side has kept up that attack line. Jackie Rogers told another outlet that “Trump has spread lie after lie about the congresswoman in a desperate attempt to justify his extraordinary abuse of power.” Separate coverage has examined parallel fraud claims, including reports that DHS Secretary Mullin raised marriage-related immigration fraud that could also put deportation on the table.
Legal barriers still matter. Analysts have walked through why some alleged marriage issues alone may not produce removal, a point laid out when immigration officials explained limits on deporting Omar over those specific claims. Birth-year fraud on naturalization paperwork sits in a different lane. Homan’s comments kept the focus there: prove the lie, and the denaturalization process that has been used before becomes available.
The home search already fueled raw public reaction. After federal agents went through Omar’s residence, a Youngstown crowd chanted “deport” while the president criticized her record. Homan’s Saturday interview returned the discussion to process rather than chants. He would not preview charges. He said the case should follow the facts.
That leaves the core questions where he left them. Did Omar or her father misrepresent her age so she could ride a parent’s citizenship in 2000? Do the seized phones, documents, and DNA samples support that claim before a grand jury? Homan said he will not free-lance the answer. He will let HSI and the FBI finish the work.
Citizenship rests on honest filings. When a member of Congress faces credible allegations that the filings were false, the same statutes that apply to everyone else remain on the books, and they should be enforced without fear or favor.
