US agents search home of Ilhan Omar, Trump critic and Congress member

US authorities searched the Democratic congresswoman’s home as part of a criminal investigation, according to reports.

US Representative Ilhan Omar speaks at a forum held by the Democratic Women's Caucus in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2026 [Annabelle Gordon/Reuters]

United States federal agents have searched the Washington, DC-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Agents from Homeland Security Investigations carried out the search early Monday morning, according to The Associated Press news agency, citing two people familiar with the matter.

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The Justice Department confirmed that agents had executed a court-authorised search warrant but did not identify Omar or provide details about the investigation.

Fox News reported, citing unidentified sources, that the search was linked to allegations of immigration fraud involving paperwork submitted by Omar’s late father when she was a child. Omar has previously denied allegations of immigration fraud, and no charges have been announced.

The Somali-born congresswoman, who came to the US a child refugee and later became a naturalised citizen, represents a district in the state of Minnesota that includes Minneapolis.

She has long been a target of Trump’s political attacks, particularly over immigration.

In September, Trump’s border security chief Tom Holman said Omar was the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, although he didn’t provide any other details. Omar said at the time that she hadn’t been contacted by Homeland Security and dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.

Vice President JD Vance has also accused Omar in the past of immigration fraud without providing evidence. In an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Vance said he and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller had talked about how to investigate her.

“How do you go after her? How do you investigate her? How do you actually do the thing?” Vance asked as he mused about building a case.

Omar’s office dismissed Vance’s allegations as “fabricated and defamatory” in March. There was no immediate public response from Omar to Monday’s search.

The search comes just over three weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, when Republicans will be fighting to retain control of Congress.

Omar has said she and her family have faced death threats as a result of Trump’s rhetoric and has called his fixation on her “creepy”.

In December, the president called the congresswoman and other Somali immigrants “garbage”.

In February, he said Omar and Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, both Muslims and members of the progressive group of lawmakers known as “The Squad”, should be “institutionalised” and sent back to “where they came from” after they criticized his State of the Union address.

Last month, a Minnesota man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for spraying Omar with vinegar during a January town hall meeting, at the height of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, during which she had called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

据报道，美国当局搜查了这位民主党女议员的住所，这是刑事调查的一部分。

2026年2月4日，美国众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔在华盛顿特区举行的民主党妇女党团论坛上发表讲话。[安娜贝尔·戈登/路透社]

作为正在进行的刑事调查的一部分，美国联邦特工搜查了民主党众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔位于华盛顿特区附近的住所。奥马尔是唐纳德·特朗普总统的公开批评者。

据美联社援引两名知情人士的消息报道，国土安全调查局的特工于周一清晨展开了搜查行动。

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司法部证实，执法人员已执行法院授权的搜查令，但没有透露奥马尔的身份，也没有提供有关调查的细节。

福克斯新闻援引未具名消息人士的话报道称，此次搜查与奥马尔已故父亲在她年幼时提交的移民文件涉嫌欺诈有关。奥马尔此前否认了这些指控，目前尚未有人被起诉。

这位出生于索马里的女议员，幼年时作为难民来到美国，后来成为归化公民，她代表明尼苏达州的一个选区，其中包括明尼阿波利斯市。

她长期以来一直是特朗普政治攻击的目标，尤其是在移民问题上。

9月，特朗普的边境安全部长汤姆·霍尔曼表示，奥马尔正在接受刑事调查，但他没有提供任何其他细节。奥马尔当时表示，国土安全部并未联系过她，并驳斥了这些指控，称其出于政治动机。

副总统万斯过去也曾指控奥马尔犯有移民欺诈罪，但并未提供证据。在接受保守派播客主持人本尼·约翰逊的采访时，万斯表示，他和白宫副幕僚长斯蒂芬·米勒曾讨论过如何调查奥马尔。

“你怎么追查她？你怎么调查她？你到底该怎么做？”范斯一边思考如何建立案件一边问道。

今年3月，奥马尔的办公室驳斥了万斯的指控，称其“捏造且诽谤”。周一的搜查行动，奥马尔方面尚未立即做出公开回应。

此次搜寻行动距离 11 月 3 日的中期选举仅剩三周多一点的时间，届时共和党将为保住国会的控制权而战。

奥马尔表示，由于特朗普的言论，她和她的家人受到了死亡威胁，并称特朗普对她的关注“令人毛骨悚然”。

去年12月，总统称这位女议员和其他索马里移民是“垃圾”。

今年二月，他表示，奥马尔和民主党国会女议员拉希达·特莱布（两人都是穆斯林，也是被称为“四人帮”的进步派议员团体成员）应该被“送进精神病院”，并被送回“她们来的地方”，因为她们批评了他的国情咨文。

上个月，一名明尼苏达州男子因在1月份的一次市政厅会议上向奥马尔喷洒醋而被判处14个月监禁。当时正值特朗普在明尼阿波利斯严厉打击移民的高峰期，奥马尔在会上呼吁废除移民和海关执法局（ICE）。