DHS could strip Rep. Ilhan Omar of her citizenship and deport her, border czar Tom Homan said.
Homan, the White House border czar, stated that federal authorities have the legal authority to denaturalize Omar and potentially remove her from the country. The condition, he said, is that investigators must first prove she obtained her U.S. citizenship through fraud or misrepresentation.
The Minnesota Democrat is no stranger to political controversy, but Homan’s remarks take the pressure to a new level. He referenced what he described as an ongoing criminal investigation involving Omar, without specifying what that investigation concerns or what evidence has been collected so far.
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As originally reported, Homan was careful not to detail the specifics of the case, declining to disclose what investigators have uncovered. He did, however, make clear that denaturalization is not a simple or arbitrary process. It requires, in his words, a serious legal process before any action could be taken against a sitting member of Congress.
The remarks are significant. Denaturalization, the legal revocation of U.S. citizenship, is rare and typically reserved for cases involving proven fraud during the naturalization process. Applying that process to an elected federal lawmaker would be legally complex and politically explosive.
Omar, a Democratic congresswoman representing Minnesota’s fifth district, has faced years of scrutiny from Republican critics over her background and immigration history. Homan’s latest comments suggest that scrutiny may now have a formal investigative dimension, though no charges or findings have been made public.
Homan did not say when any action might occur or whether investigators are close to drawing conclusions. He offered no timeline and made no claim that fraud had already been proven. His statement frames the situation as conditional: if fraud is established, the legal mechanism exists to act.
For now, the investigation remains ongoing, at least according to Homan’s account, and the outcome remains an open question.
