US House Dem leaders condemn Homeland Security raid on home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

Filed 1h ago · Via Michigan Advance · The Buffoon Desk

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Department of Homeland Security officials conducted a pre-dawn search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home Monday, which two sources told Fox News was tied to an investigation of her immigration paperwork from her 1995 resettlement as a refugee. The Justice Department confirmed Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized warrant as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation, without further detail.

House Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar called the raid 'egregious' and said it raises questions about weaponizing federal law enforcement against the president's political adversaries. Omar said she 'will not be silenced,' and Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused Trump of grossly abusing his power.

Trump has for years called Omar a 'fake Congresswoman,' linked her without evidence to a $242 million fraud scheme, and posted on Truth Social that she should be jailed or deported to 'help MAKE SOMALIA GREAT AGAIN.' The raid comes less than 30 days before the midterm election.

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A sitting member of Congress gets a pre-dawn search of her house over paperwork from when she was twelve years old, and the president who's been calling for her deportation since before this warrant existed somehow isn't the one answering questions about it. Timing is a funny thing. Thirty days before an election is an odd moment for a decades-old immigration file to suddenly become urgent.

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