# Trump DOJ Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar's Home

> Trump's DOJ raids Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home to strip citizenship, sparking selective prosecution concerns.
- Title: Trump DOJ Raids Rep. Ilhan Omar's Home · Slate Magazine
- Summary: Trump's DOJ raids Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home to strip citizenship, sparking selective prosecution concerns. Trump's DOJ raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home to…
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- Source: Slate Magazine — https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2026/10/trump-doj-ilhan-omar-raid-denaturalization-weissmann-vengeance?via=rss
- Published: 2026-10-17T07:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: trump, doj, ilhan omar, denaturalization, selective prosecution, watergate, special counsel
## DOJ Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Trump's DOJ raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home to build denaturalization case.

> ICE executed an early morning search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home, apparently targeting immigration statements made when she was 12 years old, by a father who is now deceased
## Selective Prosecution Concerns
Weissmann warns of selective and vindictive prosecution violating DOJ's 60-day election rule.

> Weissmann, lead prosecutor in Robert S. Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office from 2017 to 2019 and chief of the Fraud Section in the Department of Justice from 2015 to 2019
## Post-Watergate Safeguards Eroded
Trump's DOJ dismantles guardrails preventing selective prosecution abuses.

> post-Watergate guardrails established to prevent exactly these kinds of abuses have been dismantled
## Denaturalization Case Details
Case targets immigration statements from Omar's father, now deceased, made when she was 12.

> apparently targeting immigration statements made when she was 12 years old, by a father who is now deceased
## Key takeaway

Trump's DOJ raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home to build denaturalization case, violating DOJ election rules and eroding post-Watergate safeguards.