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Richer, A. D. (2026, October 17). Rep. Ilhan Omar's attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her home. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/rep-ilhan-omar-s-attorneys-demand-return-of-property-seized-in-federal-search-of-her-home/article_7ed10f7f-8e79-5e9e-9c47-27b582a8ede9.html
Richer, Alanna Durkin. “Rep. Ilhan Omar's attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her home.” Toronto Star, 17 Oct. 2026, https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/rep-ilhan-omar-s-attorneys-demand-return-of-property-seized-in-federal-search-of-her-home/article_7ed10f7f-8e79-5e9e-9c47-27b582a8ede9.html.
Richer, Alanna Durkin. “Rep. Ilhan Omar's attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her home.” Toronto Star, October 17, 2026. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/rep-ilhan-omar-s-attorneys-demand-return-of-property-seized-in-federal-search-of-her-home/article_7ed10f7f-8e79-5e9e-9c47-27b582a8ede9.html.
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On October 12, 2026, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided the Washington D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, as part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into her immigration paperwork. According to a DOJ spokesperson, HSI executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice that morning. The probe focuses on documents filled out by Omar's late father when she was a child.
In a subsequent interview with Andrew Kolvet for the "Charlie Kirk Show," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin described the investigation as a "strong case" and confirmed multiple warrants were served, including at Omar’s D.C. residence, with plans to present evidence to a grand jury.
Omar's attorneys have since demanded the return of seized property, arguing that the search was politically motivated by President Trump ahead of midterm elections in which she is running for re-election.
Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar asked the Justice Department on Friday to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an immigration fraud investigation was “neither justified nor lawful.”