White House Border Czar Tom Homan confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking into allegations concerning Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., indicating an ongoing criminal investigation. While Homan declined to provide specific details about the probe, he stated that "things are going on."
"If someone committed an immigration violation, if someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they’re a congressman or not, no one’s above the law," Homan said during an appearance on "The Sunday Briefing." "So, I’ll leave it at that. We’ll let HSI, Homeland Security Investigations, continue the investigation."
Homan's confirmation follows remarks by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who had previously stated on a podcast that "something’s going to happen" and that authorities are aware of allegations that Omar married her brother to facilitate his entry into the United States.
Rep. Omar has consistently denied claims of marriage fraud, which have circulated for years and which she has characterized as "bigoted lies." The allegations suggest she may have married a man, whom critics have alleged to be her brother, as part of an immigration scheme.
In March, Vice President JD Vance commented on the situation, suggesting on a podcast that the Justice Department was examining whether Omar had committed immigration fraud. Vance stated that "it certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody's entitled to equal justice under the law."
Homan explained that denaturalization is a possible outcome in cases of proven immigration fraud. "If someone lies through that process to becoming a citizen, and we can prove they, in fact, lied or misrepresented themselves, we can absolutely denaturalize them," he said. "We’ve done it before many times over the last 40 years I’ve been around, so it’s a process."