From Vox · Cameron Peters · · 1m 20s
Trump targets Omar for deportation
A Homeland Security raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home is part of an investigation aimed at stripping her citizenship and deporting her from the US.
In brief
A Homeland Security raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home is part of an investigation aimed at stripping her citizenship and deporting her from the US. The Trump administration is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar with the explicit goal of denaturalizing her citizenship and deporting her, marking an escalation in using the…
Raid on Omar's home
On Monday, Homeland Security officers raided the Washington, DC, home of US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in an investigation reportedly tied to immigration paperwork filled out by her father when she was a minor.
The investigation's real goal
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Omar investigation is explicitly aimed at stripping Omar of her citizenship and thus her ability to hold office, and deporting her.
How Omar came to the US
Omar came to the US as a refugee when she was twelve and became a US citizen when she was seventeen.
Denaturalization as policy
Historically, the US rarely strips citizenship from naturalized citizens. But the second Trump administration has made denaturalization a major priority. As of earlier this year, the DOJ was targeting hundreds of people for possible denaturalization.
Why this matters
Trump's campaign to bend the Justice Department into a tool to punish his enemies has been a major story of his second term.
The essence
The Trump administration is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar with the explicit goal of denaturalizing her citizenship and deporting her, marking an escalation in using the Justice Department against political opponents.
