Trump says Ilhan Omar could face deportation or jail amid an investigation into her immigration records
Asked by a reported whether an issue with Omar’s age could lead to her deportation, Trump said during an Oval Office event, “Well, she could be.
US President Donald Trump said Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar could face deportation or jail as federal authorities investigate questions surrounding her immigration records. Trump called Omar “a disgrace to our country” and accused her of hating the US, while making derogatory remarks about Somalia, her country of birth. “This is just my opinion — I think she’s a sick, a very dishonest person who hates our country,” he said.
She could also go to jail. “And she comes from a country that is essentially not even a country. Somalia. It’s a real s***house, OK? The remarks came during an event announcing a fraud-tip incentive programme and follow a recent federal search of Omar’s Washington home. Homeland security investigators executed a search warrant as part of an immigration-related inquiry.
The reported investigation is examining whether Omar or her late father misstated her age on immigration documents decades ago, potentially affecting her eligibility for derivative citizenship when her father became a US citizen.
Her attorneys said last week there was “no legitimate basis” to suggest she had violated laws concerning her citizenship status and demanded the return of property seized during the search. Omar arrived in the US as a child after spending time in a Kenyan refugee camp. Omar has denied wrongdoing. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.