Trump’s obsession with Ilhan Omar has reached a dangerous new level

Federal agents searched Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar's Washington, DC, home 22 days before the midterms, in which Omar is seeking re-election. The inquiry into Omar's immigration paperwork has already led agents to seize Omar's phone, and relatives reportedly face grand jury subpoenas. President Donald Trump denies any role. Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi argues the administration appears to want Omar denaturalized and deported, according to The Guardian.

Democratic leaders in the House call the search a sign that federal power is being used against the president's opponents. Border czar Tom Homan told Fox News deportation could follow if evidence supports it, adding that Omar would face the same standards as anyone.

Mahdawi notes Trump has attacked Omar, the first Somali American in Congress, for years, including calling Omar "garbage". The columnist also questions the fairness of Homan's accountability talk, pointing to Trump's 34 felony convictions, Kimbal Musk's public joke that the brothers once worked in the US without documentation in the 1990s, and a 2016 Associated Press report on Melania Trump's modeling jobs before legal work permission, which Melania Trump denies amounts to a violation.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →