Trump administration seeks to strip Ilhan Omar of US citizenship: WSJ

Investigators have subpoenaed relatives and examined immigration records, the newspaper reports.Published On 15 Oct 202615 Oct 2026The administration of US President Donald Trump is investigating Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to revoke her citizenship and eventually deport her, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing US officials and people familiar with the investigation.The inquiry centres partly on how the Minnesota representative obtained citizenship after arriving in the US as a refugee from Somalia, the newspaper reported on Wednesday. Authorities are examining her family’s immigration records and have issued more than a dozen subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, seeking testimony before a grand jury in Minnesota.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What to know about the US primary election in Minnesotalist 2 of 3Ilhan Omar attacker sentenced to more than a year in prisonlist 3 of 3US lawmakers call on Israel to release imprisoned doctor Hussam Abu Safiaend of listOmar’s office rejected the investigation as baseless in remarks to the Journal.The Journal’s report comes just days after US federal agents raided the congresswoman’s home in what her ...