https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/Ongoing. Donald Trump has publicly attacked Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born US Representative for Minnesota, since July 2019, when he told her and three colleagues to go back to the places they came from and the House voted to condemn his comments. In his second term his administration ended protected status for Somalis, and in October 2026 federal agents searched Omar's home in a criminal investigation that reports say concerns her immigration papers. Omar has called the attacks racist and the investigation political, and has not been charged.enhttps://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e41trump-ilhan-omar-6e31d41bc0Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Omar said her name had always been Ilhan Omar and her spokesperson called Trump's claim completely false, Newsweek reported. Omar has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and said the investigations are politically motivated, The National News Desk reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e40trump-ilhan-omar-2d91b56db4Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000After a prosecutors' filing seeking to keep records of the search sealed referred to Omar by another name, Trump wrote that her real name was different and said at a rally in Iowa that she should resign, Newsweek and The National News Desk reported. Newsweek said Trump's claim that she used a fraudulent name had not been established. No charges had been announced.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e39trump-ilhan-omar-0e1bc29712Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Omar said agents seized 17 items during a search of four or five hours and that she would move out of her Washington home because she no longer felt safe there, AP reported. She said charging her over paperwork filed when she was 12 "seems like a leap."https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e37trump-ilhan-omar-dd2c4c1c74Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Asked in the Oval Office about deportation, Trump said Omar could instead go to jail and called her "a very dishonest person," adding that this was his opinion, FOX 9 and The National reported. Border czar Tom Homan said she could be denaturalised if the allegations were proven. Omar has not been charged.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e38trump-ilhan-omar-ce3b563b34Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000In an Instagram video that evening, Omar thanked supporters, criticised the administration and asked for donations, FOX 9 reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e36trump-ilhan-omar-355619b899Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Wall Street Journal reported, according to Al Jazeera and the Washington Examiner, that investigators were building a case to strip Omar of her citizenship and deport her, examining whether her age was misstated in immigration papers. Her office called the investigation baseless, and no case to revoke her citizenship had been filed, Al Jazeera reported. AP reported, citing a person briefed on the probe, that her phone was seized and more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas were issued, including to relatives.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e33trump-ilhan-omar-bfc90c816dMon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a judicially authorised search warrant at Omar's Washington area home, the Justice Department said. AP reported the search came about three weeks before the midterm elections and noted the department has historically avoided overt steps involving candidates within 60 days of an election. No charges were announced.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e34trump-ilhan-omar-513ebc5540Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Omar said on X that the search was an attempt to target political enemies and weaponise federal law enforcement, AP and AAP reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e35trump-ilhan-omar-1417713643Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hours after the search, Trump told reporters he had "nothing to do" with it and that it was "really up to the DOJ," AP reported. At an Ohio rally that day he said Omar came from one of the worst countries on the planet.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e32trump-ilhan-omar-69a3fe58e8Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was an "ongoing investigation" into potential fraud in Omar's family's immigration paperwork and that "something's going to happen," AP and AAP reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e31trump-ilhan-omar-bfdf295da0Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000At a White House news conference, Vice President JD Vance referred to reports about whom Omar had married, said "something fishy" seemed to be there and said the government would investigate, FOX 9 reported. FOX 9 said the marriage claims have not been proven and that the Justice Department had not responded to its request for comment. AP reported that Vance had said in March, without offering evidence, that Omar committed immigration fraud, and that her office called the claims fabricated and defamatory.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e29trump-ilhan-omar-c8c522c828Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000In a Truth Social post, Trump called Omar and Tlaib "LUNATICS" who "look like they should be institutionalized," ABC News reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e28trump-ilhan-omar-16bc197859Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000During Trump's State of the Union address, Omar repeatedly shouted "You have killed Americans," ABC News and Al Jazeera reported. She later told CNN she had no regrets and said his administration was responsible for killing two of her constituents, ABC News reported. Al Jazeera said two US citizens were killed by federal officers in Minnesota in January.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e30trump-ilhan-omar-3b6b137792Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000Omar said she had reminded Trump that his administration was responsible for the deaths of two of her constituents, Al Jazeera reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e25trump-ilhan-omar-c006c62720Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000In a speech in Iowa, Trump said Omar was "not like" Somali Americans who he said needed to show they love the country, and called Somalia "a country that's a disaster," CBS News reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e26trump-ilhan-omar-edaff975fcTue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000Later that day, a man sprayed Omar with a liquid at a town hall in Minneapolis. Police said it was apple cider vinegar and water, and she was not hurt, CBS News reported. A man was charged in federal and state court on January 29, the Star Tribune reported, and AP later reported he was sentenced to 14 months in prison.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e23trump-ilhan-omar-cdfede6343Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000Trump posted that the Justice Department and Congress were "looking at" Omar and that she was "reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars," Al Jazeera and NBC News reported. NBC News said Trump gave no details and the Justice Department did not immediately respond. In April her office told FOX 9 that an amended disclosure showed she was not a millionaire.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e24trump-ilhan-omar-bc2b570333Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000Omar replied on X that years of investigations had found nothing and told Trump to get his "goons" out of Minnesota, Al Jazeera and NBC News reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e22trump-ilhan-omar-5726deddf5Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000In a late night Truth Social post about fraud in Minnesota, Trump called Omar a "Fake 'Congresswoman'." The Washington Times reported that Omar had not been linked to any of the Somali-led fraud cases and that Trump did not explain his claim.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e21trump-ilhan-omar-0feb0f4297Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000The administration said it would end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis, with protections expiring March 17, AP reported. A Congressional Research Service figure put the number covered at 705. Omar called Trump's focus on her and Somali Americans "creepy and unhealthy."https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e27trump-ilhan-omar-e15cdcd5cbThu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000Trump told ABC News he had not seen the video and suggested without evidence that Omar had staged the incident, CBS News and the Star Tribune reported. He also said he thought she was "a fraud," the Star Tribune reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e20trump-ilhan-omar-479f113905Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000In an NPR interview, Omar called Trump's remarks vile and said he had trafficked in racism, xenophobia, bigotry and Islamophobia for as long as he had held office. NPR said Trump had also discussed deporting her.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e18trump-ilhan-omar-3c6eadb781Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000Near the end of a Cabinet meeting, Trump said Somali immigrants "contribute nothing" and that he did not want them in the country, AP reported. He also pledged to end temporary legal protections for Somalis in Minnesota.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e19trump-ilhan-omar-212659a104Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000Omar responded on social media the same day, AP reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e17trump-ilhan-omar-b357e84d56Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000Federal authorities began Operation Metro Surge to increase immigration arrests around Minneapolis and St. Paul, Reuters reported. Reuters said it followed attacks by Trump and other officials on Minnesota's Somali community over alleged fraud involving social services funds.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e16trump-ilhan-omar-4a70e7cabbThu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000A day after the House set aside a resolution to censure Omar over her remarks after the killing of activist Charlie Kirk, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that impeachment would be better, CBS News reported. Omar said the resolution mischaracterised her words and that she had never supported political violence.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e15trump-ilhan-omar-3ef6647f68Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000In a statement after leaving office, Trump said Omar should apologise for marrying her brother and for immigration and election fraud, Business Insider reported. Business Insider said no evidence had surfaced to support the marriage claim and that there was no evidence of fraud. FOX 9 later described the marriage claims as not proven. Omar has called the marriage rumours "absurd and offensive."https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e13trump-ilhan-omar-30c9d30766Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000At a rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Trump said Omar was telling Americans how to run their country and asked how her birth country was doing, NY1 and Axios reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e14trump-ilhan-omar-ca8b172fb5Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000Omar replied on Twitter that she had fled civil war at age 8 and was a member of the House that had impeached Trump, Axios and NY1 reported.https://howitunfolded.com/rivalries/trump-ilhan-omar/#e11trump-ilhan-omar-e26c39091fThu, 10 Oct 2019 12:00:00 +0000At the Target Center in Minneapolis, Trump called Omar a disgrace and criticised past federal leaders for bringing Somali refugees to Minnesota, the Star Tribune and The Washington Post reported.