Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, during a news conference ahead of the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
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Federal authorities on Monday morning raided the Washington, D.C.-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, as part of a criminal fraud investigation into her immigration paperwork filled out by her father, Fox News reported, citing a person familiar with the situation.
Homeland Security Investigations, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, conducted the raid, Fox News reported. The Department of Justice later confirmed the raid after CNBC asked about it. DHS declined to comment.
A person familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the non-public investigation, told CNBC that the investigation into Omar is complex and has been going on for years.
MS NOW reported that a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the raid said the investigation into Omar is based on allegations of fraud.
Omar, 44, was born in Somalia and brought to the United States as a child. She became a U.S. citizen in 2000 at 17. She was elected to Congress in November 2018 to represent Minnesota’s 5th District, which includes all of Minneapolis.
Homeland Security Investigations Police remove documents from the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Oct. 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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She and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., became the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
Omar has been a target of criticism by President Donald Trump, and heckled Trump during his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24, which came on the heels of aggressive immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis by federal authorities.
The Department of Justice, in a statement to CNBC when asked about the raid, said, “Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice.”
“This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation,” the statement said.
The raid comes less than a month before November’s midterm elections. Omar is seeking another term as a representative for Minnesota’s 5th District.
CNBC has requested comment from Omar’s office.
In September, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told right-wing commentator Benny Johnson at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas that DHS was investigating issues around Omar and her family’s immigration to the United States.
“There may be more to this, the whole family migration and possibly some illegal activity for them to come to the United States to begin with,” said Mullin. He said the investigation could end with deportations.
The DOJ, for years, has had a policy regarding the announcement and initiation of federal investigations and prosecutions close to elections. The policy discourages beginning an investigation, taking investigative steps, bringing criminal charges, or making public statements for the purpose of affecting an election or to give a candidate an advantage or disadvantage.
A person familiar with the raid on Omar’s home told CNBC on Monday that the DOJ does not consider that action to violate the policy because the raid was not meant to be public.
Republican John Nagel is running against Omar in a race the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter rates “solid Democrat.” The general election is just over three weeks away on Nov. 3.
The Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives blasted the Trump administration for the raid.
“The Trump administration’s raid on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s home is deeply disturbing and raises serious questions about the continued corrupt weaponization of the federal government against Donald Trump’s adversaries,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, the Democratic Caucus Chair, in a statement.
“For years, Donald Trump and far-right extremists have relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Omar with vile personal attacks and baseless accusations,” the statement said. “Now, less than 30 days until the midterm election, his violent mass deportation machine has descended upon the home of a duly elected Member of Congress and her family.”
“The American people deserve transparency, and we will deliver full accountability for the rogue abuse of power from the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice.”
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