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HSI Agents Raid Omar's DC Home Amid Immigration Investigation

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In Short: Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home on Monday, as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration status.

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home on Monday, as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration status.

The raid, which was carried out by HSI agents, has sparked outrage among Somali Americans in Minnesota.

Jamal Osman, the Somali-born vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, told Fox News that the raid felt like an attack on the Somali community.

Osman said, 'Somalis — we all feel attacked by President Trump.' He added, 'We have seen the threats, the horrific language he uses against my community. It's unacceptable, and we're hoping this could stop.'

The raid comes after months of accusations from President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly targeted Omar with inflammatory rhetoric.

Trump has made no shortage of racist claims about the Somali community, urging Minnesotans to 'fight back' against their Somali neighbors and claiming they have been 'robbed.'

In a statement, Omar said, 'This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies.'

The investigation is reportedly examining the immigration forms filled out by Omar's father and the marriage that critics claim was part of an immigration scheme.

Some Somali Americans, however, were not surprised by the raid. A 22-year-old Somali American woman told Fox News, 'They've been talking about her in a negative manner. The government has been constantly questioning her immigration status and her naturalization in the country. So it was bound to happen for them to investigate her soon enough.'

The raid has also drawn criticism from other politicians and community leaders, who argue that it is an abuse of power.

Rep. Omar's office has stated that she has done nothing wrong and that no president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate political enemies.

The raid comes amid a broader context of increased federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota, which has been a source of tension for the Somali community.

What this adds

Background

What's confirmed

• Prosecutors had recommended 8-14 months of imprisonment, citing Kazmierczak’s guilty plea in May to “one-count indictment, pursuant to a plea agreement” and his prior run-ins with law enforcement.
• Kazmierczak attended Omar's Minneapolis town hall in January, during which the congresswoman called for former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment over her handling of U.S.
• “The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
• “Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” said the Minnesota congresswoman.
• “I didn’t want anybody to think she was in danger,” he said Thursday.
• Bush, said that Kazmierczak's actions were not “a spur of the moment act,” as he bought tickets to the Minneapolis town hall weeks before it happened.

What's still developing

• "If they take the citizenship away from her, then I will say, ‘Are we in a dictatorship?’ That's using power to use against an American citizen, then maybe the thinking we have for the United States is completely different."
• "I think she’s a terrible person. Just a complainer. She comes from a country that is a non-country, and then she comes over here, and she complains about our Constitution."
• Abdi said Trump created "hate" and a "fight" with Somalis in America and claimed that they are being followed and harassed in the streets because of the president. "It's personal," he said. "And Ilhan Omar — he doesn't treat her as a congressmember — he treats her as someone who's below him."
• Omar was born in Somalia and represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S.
• The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is vowing to pursue a contempt vote against financier Leon Black for refusing testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein probe and calling on the Trump administration to release any evidence showing whether Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar broke immigration laws and should be expelled from Congress.
• According to court documents, Kazmierczak, a critic of Omar who has posted online in support of President Donald Trump, told a close associate several years ago that “somebody should kill” her.
• President Trump teased a potential development in the investigation over the weekend during a rally in Minnesota by saying, “Let’s see what happens.” He added that Vice President J.D.
• He’s targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who moved to the U.S. from the country in the 1990s, said the “ only thing ” that Somalians are skilled at is “pirating ships,” promised to “take [Minnesota] back from Somalia,” and more.
• While CBS News reported in February that 82 people of Somali descent had been charged in major fraud cases, the outlet added that they represented a tiny fraction of Minnesota’s Somali population of more than 107,000.
• Anthony Kazmierczak, 56, attacked the Minnesota lawmaker in January when the Minneapolis-St. Paul area was experiencing a massive surge of federal immigration enforcement officers.

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• WarpBeat — background on Federal Agents Raid Omar's Home in Immigration Fraud Probe link
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