White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed on “The Sunday Briefing” that the Department of Homeland Security is investigating allegations involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., though he declined to detail what he called an “ongoing criminal investigation.”
Asked whether federal authorities have evidence that Omar committed immigration or naturalization fraud, Homan would not comment directly. “I know things are going on, but I can’t give specifics of what’s happening,” he said.
“If someone committed an immigration violation, if someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they’re a congressman or not, no one’s above the law. So, I’ll leave it at that. We’ll let HSI, Homeland Security Investigations, continue the investigation.”
Pressed again on whether he was confirming a probe involving Omar specifically, Homan said, “I’m confirming that ICE is, yeah — look, I said months ago that there’s something that’s been reported and needs to be looked at.”
Omar has for years faced allegations that she married a man critics say is her brother as part of an immigration scheme. She has repeatedly denied the claim, which has not been proven in public records. In December, she called the allegations “bigoted lies” and accused President Trump of being obsessed with her.
Other officials have made similar claims
Homan’s remarks follow comments from DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who said on a podcast, “Something’s going to happen. … We know that she married her brother to try to bring him to the United States. We know he now lives in London.”
Mullin added, “There may be more to this, the whole family migration and possibly some illegal activity for them to come to the United States to begin with. … If we can prove it, that you shouldn’t have been here in the first place, we will deport you.”
Homan did not offer any details about evidence or potential charges.
Vice President JD Vance said in May that the Justice Department was examining whether Omar committed immigration fraud. “You read the things about Ilhan Omar … who she married and whether she didn’t marry this person or that person,” Vance said. “It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice under the law.”
Those comments followed a March podcast appearance in which Vance told commentator Benny Johnson he had discussed potential legal action against Omar with White House immigration advisor Stephen Miller, saying at the time, “We think Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America.”
Homan noted that a formal denaturalization process exists for proven cases of immigration fraud, calling it “very serious.” “If someone lies through that process to becoming a citizen, and we can prove they, in fact, lied or misrepresented themselves, we can absolutely denaturalize them. We’ve done it before many times over the last 40 years I’ve been around, so it’s a process,” he said.
Omar’s office has not issued a public response to the renewed allegations.
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