Investigators interview Rep. Ilhan Omar’s sister

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Investigators have interviewed Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the matter.

It comes as the Justice Department is investigating the Democratic congresswoman, focusing on immigration fraud related to suspected false statements made on government paperwork and a potential conspiracy, CNN previously reported.

The Trump administration had pushed for an unusually aggressive search of Omar ’s house before a federal magistrate judge limited how the Justice Department could access her documents.

Investigators who obtained a warrant to search Omar’s Washington, DC, home on October 12 were looking into whether the congresswoman or her now-deceased father lied about her age when she obtained citizenship in 2000, people familiar with the investigation told CNN.

Investigators are probing whether the citizenship documents said she was a minor when she wasn’t.

Omar emigrated to the US as a Somalian refugee around the age of 12 and became a citizen in 2000, according to people familiar with Omar’s situation.

Applying for citizenship as a minor can streamline the process.

CNN has reached out to lawyers for Omar and attempted to reach Noor for comment.

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据一位熟悉此事的执法部门消息人士透露，调查人员已经约谈了明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔的妹妹萨赫拉·努尔。

据 CNN 此前报道，司法部正在调查这位民主党女议员，重点是与涉嫌在政府文件中作虚假陈述相关的移民欺诈以及潜在的阴谋。

在联邦地方法官限制司法部获取奥马尔文件的方式之前，特朗普政府曾推动对奥马尔的住所进行异常激进的搜查。

据 CNN 报道，知情人士透露，调查人员于 10 月 12 日获得搜查令，搜查了奥马尔位于华盛顿特区的住所，目的是调查这位女议员或她已故的父亲在 2000 年获得公民身份时是否谎报了她的年龄。

调查人员正在调查公民身份文件是否错误地显示她是未成年人，而实际上她已成年。

据了解奥马尔情况的人士透露，奥马尔大约在 12 岁时作为索马里难民移民到美国，并于 2000 年成为美国公民。

未成年人申请公民身份可以简化流程。

CNN已联系奥马尔的律师，并试图联系努尔征求意见。