Ilhan Omar Could Face Denaturalization, Deportation if Immigration Fraud Proven, Homan Says

Former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tom Homan stated that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could face denaturalization and deportation if investigators determine she committed immigration fraud. Homan reiterated that no one is above the law.

"Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody," Homan said in an interview on "The Big Weekend Show." "We've done it before. And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen."

Homan indicated that Omar would be held to the same legal standards as any other citizen if she violated the law. He declined to comment on the specifics of the ongoing investigation into the congresswoman, stating that he had been informed that investigators have a strong case.

Federal agents recently raided Omar's Washington, D.C., home, seizing her cellphone and other possessions as part of an investigation into allegations that she or her father provided false information about her birth year on immigration paperwork when her family emigrated from Somalia. The representative was believed to be 17 at the time her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000, which would have allowed her to automatically gain citizenship as a minor. Recent allegations suggest she may have been 18, which would have required her to undergo the immigration process independently.

Omar and other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have characterized the probe as politically motivated persecution. Homan stated that he could not speculate on whether the federal government has evidence of wrongdoing beyond immigration fraud, suggesting such questions should be directed to the FBI.