<p>Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has requested the release of alleged evidence from the Trump administration regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The evidence pertains to claims that Omar violated U.S. immigration law by allegedly marrying her brother, which Comer believes should be made public to allow Congress to decide on her potential expulsion from office.</p>
<p>“I think they should make it public,” Comer stated during an interview on Just the News, No Noise. “Absolutely, make it public. The evidence that I’ve seen would show that they would be privy to a lot more evidence than I would have.”</p>
<p>Comer suggested that if Omar is found to have violated immigration laws, her fellow members of Congress should determine her eligibility to remain in office. “Let us vote as to whether or not she needs to remain in Congress,” he said. “If you violated the laws to become a citizen, should that make you ineligible to be a member of Congress? I think so. But put it up for a vote in Congress and let the American people see how their member of Congress would vote on that.”</p>
<p>Comer’s request follows statements from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and White House border czar Tom Homan, who indicated that evidence exists suggesting Omar committed immigration fraud and is under federal investigation.</p>
<p>Mullin stated that the Department of Homeland Security has evidence indicating that Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2000, married her brother as part of an alleged immigration scheme. “We know that she married her brother to try to bring him to the United States,” Mullin told conservative personality Benny Johnson on his podcast.</p>
<p>Mullin also noted that lying on an immigration application can lead to deportation and that there is no statute of limitations for initiating removal proceedings on those grounds. He suggested that the investigation might uncover additional deportable charges related to the resettlement of Omar’s family in the U.S.</p>
<p>Homan confirmed in a Fox News interview that federal officials are investigating the immigration fraud allegations against Omar as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. “If someone committed an immigration violation, if someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they’re a congressman or not, no one’s above the law,” Homan stated.</p>
<p>Homan described the denaturalization process for proven immigration fraud cases, stating that if an applicant willfully misrepresented a material fact or provided false statements to obtain U.S. citizenship, they could be denaturalized. “We’ve done it before many times over the last 40 years that I’ve been around,” he said.</p>
<p>Vice President JD Vance indicated that the Justice Department is investigating the immigration fraud claims involving Omar. “It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice under the law,” Vance said.</p>
<p>Omar, a former refugee from Somalia, has denied the allegations, calling them “bigoted lies.” The claims regarding her marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi have not been substantiated in public records, although the Minnesota Star Tribune noted that Omar has left “many unanswered questions” about her 2009 marriage and has not voluntarily provided documentation to clarify the situation.</p>
<p>Accusations that Omar and Elmi are siblings originated on a Somali discussion forum called SomaliSpot, but the posts containing these claims have since been deleted. The allegations were revived when Minneapolis-based Somali blogger Abdihakim Osman claimed that Omar had introduced Elmi as her brother to community members in the late 2000s.</p>
<p>Marriage fraud is a crime punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine for individuals who knowingly enter into a marriage to evade immigration laws.</p>
<p>The Washington Examiner contacted Omar’s office for comment.</p>