Trump Says Omar Could Face Jail or Deportation in Citizenship Probe

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 20

Trump said in the Oval Office on Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar could go to jail or be deported over allegations tied to her citizenship, while conceding he was offering only his opinion.
Oct. 12 searches of Omar’s Washington home and the seizure of her cellphone stem from a federal probe into whether she or her father misstated her birth year on immigration paperwork.
The key dispute is whether Omar was still a minor when her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000—potentially granting derivative citizenship—or was already 18 and needed to apply separately.
Omar has denied wrongdoing, and Democrats including Hakeem Jeffries have cast the investigation as political persecution of a prominent Trump critic ahead of the midterm elections.
Tom Homan had already said denaturalization and deportation were possible if investigators prove fraud, signaling the case could test how aggressively the administration pursues citizenship challenges.