A week after federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home, White House border czar Tom Homan told Fox News that the Minnesota Democrat could be stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported if investigators prove immigration fraud. He said he was not familiar with the details of the Justice Department's investigation but had been told the case was strong. The probe reportedly examines whether Omar or her father misrepresented her birth year on immigration paperwork decades ago. Omar has not been charged, denies the allegations and calls the investigation politically motivated.

On October 20, asked in the Oval Office about deportation, President Trump said "she could also go to jail," calling it his opinion, and disparaged Somalia, where Omar was born. Former President Barack Obama wrote that agents had raided her home "to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago." The White House denies weaponizing the Justice Department, and Trump and Vice President JD Vance have denied involvement in the investigation.