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Omar Wants Seized Items Returned

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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s lawyers asked prosecutors to return items seized in a Washington home search amid a federal inquiry into revoking her U.S. citizenship; she called the search political intimidation.

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Have to be clear just how dangerous this is. If it continues, it effectively removes constitutional rights from an entire class of people. Imagine you had to fear that if you criticize the regime, any error on paperwork filled out by your family decades ago could be used to strip your citizenship.
KRISTI NOEM: I'm confident Ilhan Omar will finally be held accountable for her crimes?

BENNY JOHNSON: What are those crimes?

NOEM: When people apply to come to this country, if you go back and find that anything could be wrong or misrepresented, that's when it voids or cancels their citizenship
October 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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Trump's DHS raiding and trying to strip the citizenship of Ilhan Omar just weeks before the election is fascism, pure and simple

If his thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you too.

I stand with @ilhanmn.bsky.social.
October 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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This is the result of 7+ years of Trump's attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social, Somali-Americans, & the Muslim community.

Everyone, regardless of party, must speak out against this fascistic abuse of power.

If they can do this to a sitting Congresswoman, they can & will do it to anyone.
The Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.
Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
on.wsj.com
October 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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“The federal legal apparatus is working to strip the citizenship of a member of Congress and then deport her, because she’s from an ethnic group the president and his top aide despises,” is open executive-branch authoritarianism with no parallel in US history
October 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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This is such a scoop. For many reasons, including: Trump had made a couple of comments about Omar in the first term, but neither she nor Somali Americans were a Trump obsession at that time.

(But Somalis _were_ a Miller obsession.)

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2026 at 1:08 AM

Reposted by Timothy D. McBride

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The Wall Street Journal
In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search

Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.

In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search
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In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search
Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.
www.wsj.com
October 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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Authoritarianism in realtime.
Citizenship in the News 🗞🇺🇲

Trump administration seeks to strip Ilhan Omar of US citizenship: WSJ
Investigators have subpoenaed relatives and examined immigration records, the newspaper reports.

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Trump administration seeks to strip Ilhan Omar of US citizenship: WSJ
Investigators have subpoenaed relatives and examined immigration records, the newspaper reports.
www.aljazeera.com
October 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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“For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law”

Note there are no similar investigations of, e.g., potential visa violations by Melania Trump or Elon Musk
October 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Federal agents searched Ilhan Omar's home weeks before the midterms, sparking controversy. ICE claims no record of her son being stopped, despite her allegations of racial profiling. Trump's past remarks fuel claims of political motivation and Islamophobia behind the investigation. #IlhanOmar
October 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Seizing the passport, phones, and computer of an opposition lawmaker is straight-up authoritarianism. There is no other way to describe it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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The attempt to strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship is one of the most grave attacks on liberty that the Trump regime has attempted.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/whats-at-s...
What’s at Stake in the Omar Case
Trump’s Attack on Omar is an Attack on America
www.unpopularfront.news
October 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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"One is almost tempted to measure the degree of totalitarian infection by the extent to which the concerned governments use their sovereign right of denationalization." - Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM

Reposted by Anna O. Law

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BREAKING WaPo:

Trump officials scrutinized Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019. They didn't find citizenship issues.

The earlier review of Omar's immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Must read piece
The attempt to strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship is one of the most grave attacks on liberty that the Trump regime has attempted.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/whats-at-s...
What’s at Stake in the Omar Case
Trump’s Attack on Omar is an Attack on America
www.unpopularfront.news
October 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.
BREAKING WaPo:

Trump officials scrutinized Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019. They didn't find citizenship issues.

The earlier review of Omar's immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2026 at 2:52 AM

Reposted by Bonnie Honig

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Extremely grateful fot this @michellegoldberg.bsky.social column on this unfolding horror: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar Is Another Leap Toward the Abyss
This is more than just another persecution of one of the president’s political enemies.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Exclusive: A 2019 review of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now. That review found no issue with her naturalization, an official familiar with the earlier effort said.
Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM