Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday morning in an immigration-related criminal investigation, according to Fox News Digital, which first reported the raid, and the Associated Press, which confirmed the search took place.
The search began around 6 a.m. on 26th Street NE in Washington, where officers from Homeland Security Investigations were seen stationed outside the residence and the surrounding street was blocked off. A Justice Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Homeland Security Investigations "executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice," adding that the action was "part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation."
Fox News Digital, citing a source familiar with the matter, reported that the raid followed a criminal fraud probe involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar's late father when she was a child. Federal authorities have not publicly said what evidence agents were seeking, and it was not immediately clear whether Omar was home when the search was carried out or whether anything was seized.
No formal criminal charges or court filings have been brought against Omar, and a representative for the congresswoman did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Her legal team has previously maintained that her naturalization process and financial disclosures fully comply with federal law.
The raid is the latest development in a months-long campaign of scrutiny from senior Trump administration officials over Omar's immigration history. In May, Vice President JD Vance announced that the Justice Department, alongside federal immigration authorities, was reviewing potential instances of immigration fraud and family financial disclosures involving the congresswoman. That followed an April amendment to Omar's federal financial disclosures that adjusted reported asset values.
Omar has also faced earlier scrutiny over her tax filings: in 2019, a Minnesota campaign finance board found that she filed joint tax returns with Ahmed Hirsi, the father of her children, in 2014 and 2015, while she was still legally married to her first husband. She has said she entered into a religious marriage with Hirsi in 2002, later legally married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, separated from him in 2011, and was legally divorced in 2017 before reconciling with Hirsi. She has consistently denied claims that Elmi is her brother, describing them as baseless.
The congresswoman has been one of President Trump's most frequent political targets. In recent weeks, Trump has directed anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric at the Somali American community in Minnesota, language that civil rights groups and Democratic leaders have condemned. Omar, who represents Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, is one of the most prominent Somali American politicians in the country.
The raid comes amid a broader pattern of hard-line immigration enforcement and legal actions by the Trump administration. The Supreme Court recently took up a fight over the administration's no-bond immigration detentions, and the Justice Department has moved to strip citizenship from 40 naturalized Americans in a record denaturalization push — moves that critics say represent an unprecedented politicization of immigration enforcement.
As of Monday morning, no statement had come from the Justice Department beyond its confirmation that the search occurred, and federal officials have not said whether additional actions are expected. Omar's congressional office has not yet issued a public response to the raid. Investigators have also not disclosed a timeline for the investigation, which remains active.
With no charges filed yet, attention now turns to whether the investigation advances further, how Omar responds, and what political fallout follows — just weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, in which Omar is expected to face a closely watched race in Minnesota.