# Homeland Security searches Omar's home

> Homeland Security agents search Representative Ilhan Omar's home 22 days before Election Day.
- Title: Homeland Security searches Omar's home · The Boston Globe
- Summary: Homeland Security agents search Representative Ilhan Omar's home 22 days before Election Day. Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant on…
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- Source: The Boston Globe — https://bostonglobe.com/2026/10/12/nation/homeland-security-agents-search-home-representative-ilhan-omar
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## Homeland Security agents search home
Federal agents executed a search warrant at Representative Ilhan Omar's home 22 days before Election Day.
## Immigration investigations underway
Homeland Security officials have investigated Omar's family immigration paperwork and finances for months.
## Omar calls raid political targeting
Omar called the raid an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.

> an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement
## Trump attacks Omar's heritage
President Trump criticized Omar's Somali heritage, saying Somalia lacks government and police.

> She comes from Somalia, they don’t have a government, they don’t have police
## Justice Department defends search
Justice Department said the search was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
## Omar's immigration history
Omar was born in Mogadishu in the early 1980s and fled civil war as a child.
## 60-day rule for elections
Justice Department policy avoids overt investigations 60 days before elections to prevent political interference.
## House Democrats condemn raid
House Democratic leadership called the search a 'rogue abuse of power' by the Trump administration.

> rogue abuse of power
## Omar faces no primary competition
Omar represents a solidly blue district with no serious competitors in the primary.
## Key takeaway

Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant on Representative Ilhan Omar's Washington home 22 days before Election Day amid immigration investigations.