Due to document forgery: Congresswoman may lose her citizenship

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar may lose her American citizenship due to suspicion of providing false information in immigration documents from decades ago. The U.S. Department of Justice is considering filing criminal charges or opening a civil proceeding to revoke citizenship, which is not subject to the statute of limitations. Separately, an investigation has been opened regarding Omar's financial disclosures, after significant discrepancies in financial reports were corrected. Omar denies the allegations and accuses the Trump administration of political persecution.

U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) may lose her American citizenship following suspicion of providing false information in immigration documents she submitted decades ago. The U.S. Department of Justice is considering the possibility of filing criminal charges or opening a civil proceeding to revoke citizenship, a process not subject to the statute of limitations. The raid on her home revealed the focus of the federal investigation. Since President Trump took office in January 2025, the Department of Justice has filed at least 163 citizenship revocation cases, 40 of them since last August. Taking public steps against a sitting congresswoman weeks before an election is considered unusual. Separately, federal prosecutor Janine Pirro opened a separate investigation into Omar's financial disclosures from last year, which initially reported assets worth between $6 and $30 million but were corrected to between $18,000 and $95,000, citing an accounting error. Omar dismissed the allegations, calling them baseless lies and an attempt by the Trump administration to persecute political enemies. The issue of Omar's age had already arisen in 2019, when her birth year was corrected from 1981 to 1982.