Ilhan Omar plans to move out of her Washington DC home after federal raid

US federal agents raided the congresswoman’s home last week as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud.

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Last week, US federal agents raided Omar’s home as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud.

Ilhan Omar's home was raided by US federal agents in Washington, DC [File: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters]

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her home in Washington, DC, citing safety concerns following a recent raid of the property by US federal agents.

In an interview with MS NOW on Wednesday, Omar spoke for the first time about the raid, noting that the incident has made her feel unsafe there.

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Last week, officers searched Omar’s home with what a Justice Department spokesperson described as a “judicially authorised search warrant”, adding that the raid was part of an “ongoing federal criminal investigation”.

According to NBC News, which cited one person familiar with the matter, potential future charges against Omar may include conspiracy and making false statements in her immigration paperwork. Omar denies wrongdoing and accuses the administration of political intimidation .

Omar, who was born in Somalia and is a naturalised US citizen, said she is “confident in the fact that I didn’t do anything wrong”.

The progressive Minnesota Democrat has been a frequent critic and target of US President Donald Trump, who has on multiple occasions pushed for the prosecution of his perceived political enemies.

Earlier this week, Trump called the congresswoman “sick” and “dishonest” and slammed her birthplace as a “real s—house”.

For years, Omar, who is Muslim, has been the target of right-wing conspiracy theories about her immigration status, including allegations that she had married her brother.

The Minnesota congresswoman has repeatedly denied the allegations as “disgusting lies”.

In the interview with MS NOW, Omar said she was rattled by the search weeks out from the November 3 midterm elections, which will decide control of the House and Senate. She is running for re-election in a deep blue district in Minneapolis and is expected to retain her seat.

Omar recalled waking up at about 6am to Homeland Security investigators banging on her door with a warrant. They searched for four or five hours and seized 17 items, including phones, notebooks, a Somali-language children’s book and a vintage camera that her husband had received as a gift, she said.

Omar came with her family to the US at age 12, after they obtained asylum. She became a US citizen five years later, in 2000.

“It would be a huge undertaking to, I suppose, indict a 12-year-old for so cleverly conspiring to defraud immigration services to come to the United States. I’m sure there are a lot of smart 12-year-olds, but that seems like a leap,” she said in the interview.

The search drew sharp condemnation from congressional Democrats, who also questioned the timing. The Justice Department has historically avoided overt investigative actions involving candidates in the immediate run-up to an election.

Omar said the agents were “intrusive but polite”, logging the items they took and putting back everything else in its place.

上周，美国联邦特工突袭了奥马尔的住所，这是对涉嫌移民欺诈行为调查的一部分。

美国联邦特工突袭了伊尔汗·奥马尔位于华盛顿特区的住所。[图片：安娜贝尔·戈登/路透社]

美国国会女议员伊尔汗·奥马尔表示，由于美国联邦特工最近突袭了她的住所，出于安全考虑，她将搬离位于华盛顿特区的家。

周三，奥马尔在接受 MS NOW 采访时首次谈到了这次突袭事件，并指出该事件让她在那里感到不安全。

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上周，执法人员持司法部发言人所称的“经司法授权的搜查令”搜查了奥马尔的住所，并补充说，此次突袭是“正在进行的联邦刑事调查”的一部分。

据美国全国广播公司（NBC）援引一位知情人士的话报道，奥马尔未来可能面临的指控包括串谋和在移民文件中作虚假陈述。奥马尔否认有任何不当行为，并指责政府对其进行政治恐吓。

出生于索马里、后入籍美国的奥马尔表示，她“确信自己没有做错任何事”。

这位来自明尼苏达州的进步派民主党人一直是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的批评者和攻击目标，特朗普曾多次推动起诉他认为的政治敌人。