Federal Agents Raid Ilhan Omar's Home in Immigration Fraud Probe

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant at the Washington, D.C. home of Ilhan Omar on October 12, 2026. The pre-dawn raid, which occurred approximately three weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, resulted in the seizure of Omar's cellphone, laptop, passport, and notebooks. The United States Department of Justice confirmed the action is part of an ongoing criminal investigation into alleged immigration fraud, specifically whether Omar or her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, misrepresented her age or background to secure U.S. citizenship in 2000.

Parallel to the immigration probe, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced a separate federal investigation into Omar's financial disclosures. This inquiry focuses on a reported surge in the value of businesses owned by Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, which initially jumped from roughly $50,000 in 2023 to $30 million in 2024 before being amended back to under $95,000. Federal prosecutors have also issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas to Omar's relatives, including her sister, Sahra Noor.

Omar has denounced the raids as a "campaign of political intimidation" and an attempt to "weaponize federal law enforcement" against political enemies. Democratic leaders criticized the timing, noting it deviates from the informal "60-day rule" against overt investigative steps near elections. President Donald Trump has repeatedly called Omar "totally crooked" and suggested she should be deported, though he denied personal involvement in the search, stating the matter is "really up to the DOJ."