A raid on controversial Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s Washington, DC, home signifies law enforcement has already amassed compelling evidence of criminal activity and are nearing the end of a long investigation, a source told The Post.<\/p>\n
The most likely scenario, multiple people claimed, is that immigration cops are looking into a long-floated rumor that Omar is actually one year older than she has long claimed to be \u2014 a tiny detail that may put her citizenship in jeopardy.<\/p>\n
Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 12, 2026. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Signs on the property of a neighbor of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., are pictured Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, as Homeland Security officers carry boxes during a search of Omar\u2019s Washington residence. AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite<\/p>\n
\u201cThe big picture here is a federal judge in Washington, DC, signed off on a search warrant. That means there\u2019s probable cause that a federal crime was committed, and there would be evidence of that crime in the area to be searched, which in this case was Representative Omar\u2019s home,\u201d former assistant US attorney Jonathan Fahey told The Post.<\/p>\n
Officials from DHS raided the controversial Minnesota congresswoman<\/a>\u2018s Washington, DC, home early Monday morning, removing boxes from the residence.<\/p>\n \u201cToday in the Washington, DC, area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice,\u201d the DOJ said in a statement.<\/p>\n Agents of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) work outside the residence of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after U.S. authorities conducted a raid as part of an ongoing investigation by the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Monday, October 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cThis enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation.\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n The Post also saw agents carrying boxes out of the residence to government vehicles, one of which was white and marked with a pink X.<\/p>\n Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. James Keivom<\/p>\n Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, stands with third husband Tim Mynett as they listen to Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n A defiant Omar took to social media following the raid to announce \u201cI will not be silenced\u201d and called the action \u201can attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n But Fahey said it\u2019s not easy for feds to get a DC judge to sign off on a search warrant, especially since DC judges tend to be hostile to the current administration\u2019s whims.<\/p>\n White House border czar Tom Homan arrives on Air Force One with President Donald Trump at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Syracuse, N.Y. AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson<\/p>\n U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin (C) speaks during a press conference at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cFor a DC judge to sign off on something that\u2019s 20 years old, you have to say you believe there is current evidence of the crime in her house,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cA judge must have been very convinced.\u201d <\/p>\n While feds have kept a tight lip on what they\u2019re expecting to find at the Omar residence, one source who requested anonymity given the politically charged nature of the investigation, suggested it might relate to longstanding, unverified claims that Omar misrepresented her age to get citizenship. <\/p>\n Omar claims she received automatic US citizenship in 2000 at age 17, granted to minor-age children of naturalized parents \u2014 in this case her father, Nur Said Mohamed Elmi, who fled to the US in 1995 from war-torn Somalia.<\/p>\n Homeland Security officers carry boxes from the Washington residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, during a search. AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite<\/p>\n Agents of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) work at the entrance of the residence of US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after US authorities conducted a raid as part of an ongoing investigation by the Justice Department, in Washington, DC, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n In 2019 concerned citizen and Minnesota local AJ Kern was the first to publicly call attention to Omar actually being 18 or 19 in 2000, at least according to state documents at the time. If Omar was actually older than 17 at the time \u2014 as some believe \u2014 she would have been ineligible for citizenship via the parent route.<\/p>\n Two days after Kern released a viral video about Omar\u2019s alleged real age, Omar\u2019s official birth year on the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library\u2019s website\u00a0was revised from 1981 to 1982<\/a>, according to Kern, who pointed to archived versions of the site which revealed the change.<\/p>\n Congressional records today report Omar was born in October 1982, making her 17 at the time of naturalization.<\/p>\n One source confirmed to The Post that naturalization fraud has a ten year statute of limitations. <\/p>\n Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens during a Congressional spotlight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein<\/p>\n U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a get out the vote event with Democratic Senate candidate, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, at Cedar Field Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) will be vying for the Democratic nomination in the state\u2019s August 11 primary election. Getty Images<\/p>\n But if Omar had continued using the fake birthday on things like passport renewals or bank loan applications then the statute of limitations resets. Cops, the source said, could be looking for exactly that sort of documentation when they raided the Rep\u2019s home. <\/p>\n Fahey agreed, noting that DHS\u2019s involvement means the case is specific to immigration issues. <\/p>\n \u201cA federal judge saw something that said, we believe there\u2019s evidence of a crime that will be found in that house, and presumably it would be something that\u2019s not just a crime beyond the statute of limitations,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cThere could be new crimes committed that stemmed from that previous fraud.\u201d <\/p>\n Omar has never publicly produced a birth certificate, claiming such paperwork was destroyed during the turmoil in her native country. She did not respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n Omar\u2019s second husband, Ahmed Elmi, surfaced in the UK where he\u2019s writing a thesis on \u201cqueerphobia in Kenya.\u201d @ahmednelmi\/Instagram.<\/p>\n Ahmed and Omar divorced in 2017. @joesangre\/Instagram<\/p>\n