Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C.-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation, according to multiple reports.
Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrived around 6 a.m. The Justice Department confirmed to The Associated Press that HSI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant in the Washington area but declined to provide details.
Omar’s cellphone, notebooks, personal computers and passport were seized during the search, and Omar and her husband were reportedly at home when it took place.
Immigration paperwork at the center
Fox News, citing sources, reported that the investigation concerns immigration documents completed by Omar’s late father when the Somali-born congresswoman came to the United States as a child. Officials have not publicly described the full scope of the probe.
The search comes nearly a month after White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed that a federal criminal investigation involving Omar was underway.
Vice President JD Vance said in May that Omar would be investigated over fraud allegations related to immigration proceedings. Omar has denied the allegations.
There has been no official statement that Omar was detained or arrested. Her office did not immediately respond to requests for comment, Reuters reported, and the Justice Department did not answer further questions.
Omar’s office later called the search an abuse of federal power and an attempt to target political enemies. In a statement, it said Trump’s years of rhetoric against Omar had escalated into a federal raid, insisted that she had done nothing wrong and said no president should use the power of the federal government to intimidate political opponents. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also condemned the search as “an act of political persecution.”
A frequent target of Trump
Omar, 44, has represented Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District since 2019 and is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. She arrived in the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia and has long been a target of criticism from President Donald Trump.
