Report says DOJ criminal probe aims to denaturalize and deport Rep. Ilhan Omar

Federal agents executed a search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home and removed phones, notebooks, computers and her passport as part of a Department of Justice criminal probe that multiple outlets report is focused on whether she can be denaturalized and deported.

Reporting says investigators are scrutinising how Omar obtained U.S. citizenship in 2000 and whether information on her naturalization application — in particular her age — was altered, with attention on whether she or her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, changed the application to show she was 17 rather than 18.

Authorities have reportedly served more than a dozen subpoenas connected to the inquiry, including to some of Omar’s relatives; one named recipient in the reporting is her sister Sahra Noor.

The Wall Street Journal is cited in the coverage as the source for the account that the probe aims to build a case to strip Omar of citizenship; other outlets including the Washington Examiner and the Daily Mail relay that reporting and add details from records and past correspondence.

The Washington Examiner reported that investigators seized personal electronic devices during the home search; the Daily Mail and Time pieces include discussion of documents and prior records about Omar’s birth year and family naturalization history. Time’s reporting cites Omar’s public statement that she became a U.S. citizen in 2000 when she was 17.

Coverage differs in emphasis and sourcing. The Washington Examiner frames the inquiry explicitly as a criminal probe by the Trump administration aimed at denaturalization and deportation and cites the Wall Street Journal; the Daily Mail highlights questions about family immigration paperwork and the reported effort to examine whether Omar’s recorded birth year was altered.

Time’s reporting provides Omar’s account of her citizenship year and notes legal commentary on statutes of limitation for civil versus criminal claims. Reporting also notes prior public comments from President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D.

Vance asserting investigations into Omar’s finances and alleging a sham marriage, which appear in the supplied text as prior public statements linked to the larger scrutiny.

What is confirmed in the supplied reporting is limited to the search and seizures, the existence of subpoenas to relatives, published questions about the 2000 naturalization, and that outlets report the DOJ probe’s aim as denaturalization and deportation.

None of the supplied pieces in this set presents a court filing or a publicly released charging document that establishes formal denaturalization or deportation charges; the characterization of the probe’s aim comes via reporting attributed to the Wall Street Journal and other outlets.

The Daily Mail material supplied cites emails obtained by the New York Post about a requested change to Omar’s listed birth year in a state legislative library record in May 2019; Time’s excerpt includes Omar’s statement about becoming a citizen in 2000 when she was 17.

The immediate legal significance of the reported inquiries depends on what investigators can publicly document about naturalization records and any alleged false statements in applications; the supplied reporting does not include court filings or an official DOJ statement setting out charges or the legal theory investigators intend to use.