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Disputes over the exact date and mechanism of Ilhan Omar's naturalization as a U.S. citizen
Publicly available reporting shows Rep. Ilhan Omar has long said she derived U.S. citizenship as a minor through her father’s naturalization around 2000, but investigators and critics say federal natu...
Two sets of formal legal actions have arisen around Rep. Ilhan Omar’s citizenship: private petitions and lawsuits pressing federal agencies to investigate alleged fraud, and public political allegatio...
Public reporting indicates there are no publicly produced naturalization records for or for her father in federal immigration databases, and that election officials do not routinely require candidates...
No public statement from the or named federal prosecutors confirming a review specifically of ’s immigration or naturalization files appears in the available reporting; government-side claims of probe...
Ilhan Omar has publicly stated that she became a U.S. citizen in 2000 as a minor through her father’s naturalization, and her office and campaign have repeatedly affirmed that timeline; outside challe...