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US agents search home of Ilhan Omar, Trump critic and Congress member

Al Jazeera Staff

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Federal agents raided the home of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, an action her office characterized as political intimidation by the Trump administration. The search is reportedly linked to immigration fraud allegations involving her late father.

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The raid on a sitting member of Congress by federal authorities during an election cycle raises significant questions about the weaponization of law enforcement.

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Federal agents raid Democratic congresswoman’s Washington, DC-area home three weeks before midterm elections.

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US federal agents have raided the home of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in what her office described as an “unprecedented escalation” by President Donald Trump’s administration against its political opponents.

The search of Omar’s Washington, DC-area home on Monday came weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, when Trump’s Republican Party will be fighting to retain control of Congress.

The Associated Press news agency, citing two people familiar with the matter, reported that agents from Homeland Security Investigations carried out the search early in the morning.

Fox News, citing unidentified sources, said that the search was linked to allegations of immigration fraud involving paperwork submitted by Omar’s late father when she was a child.

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