Could Trump revoke Ilhan Omar's citizenship for alleged brother marriage? Ex federal prosecutor breaks it down

Federal authorities are examining whether Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud, and the inquiry could conceivably end with an attempt to take away her U.S. citizenship. Fox News Digital reports that Michael Wildes, an immigration lawyer and former federal prosecutor, doubts such a case would succeed. He describes the hurdle for investigators as a "very high bar."

The inquiry rests on allegations that Omar wed her own brother in order to obtain citizenship. She has denied that repeatedly. Tom Homan, the president's border czar, has said the Department of Homeland Security is pursuing the matter as a criminal probe, and Vice President JD Vance said earlier this year that the Justice Department is looking into alleged fraud and immigration violations by the Somali-born lawmaker. The effort fits a broader push by the administration to denaturalize and remove people accused of immigration fraud. President Donald Trump, who has clashed with Omar since she first won office during his initial term and who counts her among his loudest congressional opponents, has repeatedly urged that she be sent back to Somalia.

Wildes explains that prosecutors would have to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Omar knew when she married that the main goal was dodging immigration rules to gain a benefit. Even if she and her husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, later concluded the union might help him move through the system faster, that would not amount to marriage fraud in court, he says.

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