President Donald Trump on Sunday night appeared to confirm that federal immigration authorities have active or contemplated enforcement proceedings against radical “Squad” Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota over long-standing allegations of immigration fraud.
Trump shared a bombshell report from Just the News revealing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to release records concerning its investigation into the Minnesota Democrat.
ICE claimed that disclosing the records could interfere with “enforcement proceedings.”
Trump posted the report to Truth Social Sunday evening without adding further commentary.
The explosive development concerns allegations that Omar entered into a fraudulent marriage with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who is alleged to be her biological brother, to help him remain in the United States.
Omar has repeatedly denied the accusation.
Just the News filed a Freedom of Information Act request in January seeking documents related to any ICE investigations into the alleged immigration fraud.
ICE refused to turn over the records, citing 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A), an exemption protecting law-enforcement material when disclosure could disrupt an investigation or proceeding.
“Disclosure of any responsive records at this time could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings,” ICE wrote.
ICE has not publicly identified the precise proceeding, announced charges, or confirmed that removal proceedings have formally begun against Omar. However, the agency’s response is the clearest official indication to date that federal scrutiny surrounding the congresswoman remains active.
The Gateway Pundit has been reporting on the allegations surrounding Omar’s marriage and immigration history for years.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Trump Border Czar Tom Homan revealed in December that he had ordered Omar’s immigration records pulled for review.
“We’re pulling the records, we’re pulling the files, and we’re looking at it,” Homan said.
Homan said an experienced Homeland Security Investigations fraud investigator had previously reviewed the file and raised serious concerns about possible fraud.
In March, Vice President JD Vance dropped another bombshell when he revealed that the White House fraud task force was examining the allegations.
“We actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,” Vance said, according to previous Gateway Pundit reporting.
Vance said the administration was working to determine what legal remedies might be available and how investigators could build a case.
Two months later, Vance confirmed that the Justice Department was also reviewing the controversy, but cautioned that he did not want to prejudge the investigation.
“If we think that there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime,” Vance said, as The Gateway Pundit reported.
Omar, who was born in Somalia, arrived in the United States in 1995 and became a citizen in 2000. She legally married Elmi in 2009 and filed for divorce in 2017.
The allegation that Elmi is her biological brother has not been established in court. No publicly released DNA evidence or judicial finding has conclusively proven the claimed relationship.
Omar has called the accusation a “bigoted lie,” insisted that she committed no crime, and said she would cooperate with an investigation.
But the Trump administration is apparently not satisfied with simply accepting her denials.
For years, Omar’s defenders dismissed questions about her tangled marital history as nothing more than a right-wing conspiracy theory. Now ICE is invoking a federal law-enforcement exemption and warning that releasing the requested documents could interfere with enforcement proceedings.
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