Did ilhan Omar get a removal order
Executive summary
No federal "removal order" deporting Rep. Ilhan Omar is documented in the provided sources; reporting and records show she was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2023 by a Republican House vote [1] [2]. Recent 2025–2025 political attacks and petitions have urged deportation or committee removals, but sources show petitions, fundraising appeals and proposed resolutions—some tabled—rather than an official immigration removal order [3] [4] [5].
1. What people mean by “removal order” — two different things
“Removal order” commonly refers to an immigration deportation order, but much of the public debate about Omar mixes that immigration term with congressional disciplinary moves like committee removals or censure. The sources show a clear congressional removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2023, not an immigration deportation order [1] [2]. Separate 2025 political campaigning and petitions call for deportation, but those are advocacy efforts, not evidence of a government-issued immigration removal [3] [4].
2. The documented committee removal: facts and votes
Multiple contemporaneous reports record that House Republicans voted to oust Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2023; one account gives the tally and describes the partisan nature of the action [2] [1]. That is a congressional personnel decision affecting committee assignment, not an order to remove her from the country [2] [1].
3. Claims of later removals or new committee expulsions — misinformation & recycling
Fact-checking and reporting show attempts in 2024 and 2025 to reframe or repackage the 2023 removal as new breaking news; PolitiFact specifically says claims that Omar was “just removed” from Foreign Affairs in 2024 or 2025 are false and recycle prior events [6]. Social posts and some news alerts repeating “removed” without context have fueled confusion [6].
4. Calls to deport Omar: petitions, fundraising and presidential rhetoric
Several 2025 items in the record show political actors urging or marketing calls for Omar’s deportation: a Texas Republican fundraising email pushed a “Petition: Deport Ilhan Omar” theme [3], and national political rhetoric included repeated social-media comments urging she “go back” and presidential mention of deportation in campaign contexts [4]. Those are political appeals and fundraising tactics; the sources do not document any immigration enforcement action or formal removal order issued by the Department of Homeland Security or other immigration authorities [3] [4].
5. Recent House actions in 2025: censure and tabling votes
In September 2025 a resolution to censure Omar and remove her from committees over comments about Charlie Kirk was brought forward but the House voted to table that resolution, meaning it was set aside rather than adopted [5]. A separate House resolution text from the 119th Congress seeking censure and removal from specific committees exists in legislative form [7], but tabling votes and competing actions show the matter was politically contested and not equivalent to an immigration removal order [5] [7].
6. Omar’s constituency materials and legal context
Omar’s own office provides resources about “Know Your Rights” and discusses immigration removal/deportation procedures like Form I-205 in a legal context, indicating awareness of due-process safeguards and that enforcement actions have specific legal thresholds [8]. Those materials do not report an executed deportation order against her; rather, they advise on rights relating to immigration enforcement [8].
7. Why confusion persists: mixed language and partisan messaging
Sources show repeated partisan messaging — calls to “deport,” fundraising appeals, and committee removal rhetoric — that blurs public understanding of what “removal” means [3] [4] [5]. Fact-checkers note social posts that reuse old committee-removal headlines as if new, amplifying misinformation [6]. This combination of recycled reporting, activist petitions, and heated rhetoric explains the persistent confusion.
8. Bottom line and transparency note
Available sources document that Ilhan Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2023 [1] [2] and that later political actors sought to remove or deport her through resolutions, petitions and rhetoric [7] [3] [4] [5]. The provided reporting does not show an official immigration “removal order” deporting her from the United States; available sources do not mention any DHS-issued deportation order for Omar [8].