"Immigration fraud": Agents raided the home of anti-Israel Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

Federal agents raided the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on suspicion of immigration fraud, three weeks before the midterm elections. The raid, approved by a judge, is connected to immigration documents filled out by her late father. Omar, who accuses Israel of apartheid and genocide, denies the allegations.

Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided the Washington home of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar this morning as part of a federal criminal investigation. The Justice Department confirmed that the raid was carried out under a judge's warrant and is part of an ongoing investigation. According to reports, the investigation concerns Republican claims of immigration fraud tied to documents filled out by Omar's late father. Omar, born in Somalia and who immigrated to the US at age 12, strongly denies the allegations and calls them "disgusting lies." The raid takes place three weeks before the midterm elections, in which polls predict a Democratic victory. Omar, the first Muslim congresswoman, is a central target of President Trump's attacks, who called her and her colleague Rashida Tlaib a "hideous obsession." CNN noted that this is an unusually aggressive investigative step by the Justice Department close to an election.