President Trump said Rep. Ilhan Omar could go to jail over an immigration fraud investigation after federal agents searched her home and seized records tied to her citizenship.

President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar could face prison time, not only deportation, if investigators prove problems with her age and immigration paperwork.

Anadolu Agency reported that Trump answered a direct question about whether Omar could be deported if there is a problem with her age. He did not stop at removal. He raised criminal exposure as well.

Asked whether Omar could be deported, Trump said:

"Well, she could be. She could also go to jail."

He pressed the point again, framing jail as more than talk about sending someone out of the country.

"You know, they keep talking about deportation. No, she could go to jail. This is just my opinion."

The remarks came after Homeland Security agents searched Omar’s house earlier this month in an immigration fraud probe. Agents seized her phone, laptops, notebooks, and passport.

Federal search hit Omar’s home over citizenship paperwork

Investigators are examining whether Omar or her late father lied about her age when she obtained U.S. citizenship in 2000. The probe covers possible false statements on government documents and a potential conspiracy.

Omar has denied the accusations. She said she came to the United States at age 12 in 1995 and gained citizenship at 17. She has served in the U.S. House since 2019 and is the country’s first Somali American member of Congress.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is seeking to revoke her citizenship and eventually deport her. That report sits alongside the house search and the seizure of her passport and devices.

Coverage of the federal agents’ seizure of Omar’s cellphone has kept the raid and the fraud theory in public view as the White House comments piled up.

National Review reported that federal agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant at Omar’s Washington-area home in a Homeland Security Investigations-led immigration paperwork fraud probe assisted by the Justice Department. The paperwork at issue was filled out by Omar’s late father when she entered as a child, and allegations include entering under a false name in 1995.

House Democratic leaders called the raid a corrupt weaponization against Trump adversaries less than 30 days before the midterms. Omar cast the search as political pressure, not routine enforcement.

On X, Omar wrote:

"Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement."

She added:

"This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation."

She also said she will “not be silenced” after the early-morning raid.

Trump ties jail risk to honesty and the Minnesota record

The New York Post reported that Trump’s Oval Office comments also accused Omar of immigration fraud by lying about her age, and noted a recent Homeland Security raid on her D.C. home that left with boxes labeled evidence. Trump linked the case to broader Minnesota benefit fraud probes involving Omar and Gov. Tim Walz, whom he called “100% guilty,” amid investigations that have frozen federal payments.

In those same remarks, Trump described Somalia in harsh terms and called Omar dishonest. He said she “hates our country” and comes from “a country that is essentially not even a country,” adding that Somalia is “a real s*** house.” Those words were his characterizations, not findings in a charging document released with the standard.

Readers following the paper trail already saw reporting that compelling evidence of crimes led feds to search Omar’s D.C. home, which matches the seizure list and the fraud theory now in play.

RealClearPolitics carried video of the same Oval Office exchange. Trump repeated that Omar could be deported or go to jail, described Somalia as essentially not a country and a “real sh*thouse” with no government or police, and claimed Somalis vote for her, face high unemployment, and have “ruined Minnesota.”

He also said he hoped she would be treated fairly while still calling her a disgrace and questioning how she keeps getting elected. The video record puts the jail line and the Somalia critique in the same answer, not as separate speeches days apart.

Border officials and prior probes raise the stakes

Just The News reported that Omar remains under federal investigation for alleged immigration fraud involving a misstated birth year on citizenship paperwork from the late 1990s. Trump said she could face jail time, not just deportation, if fraud is proven. Border czar Tom Homan said investigators may have a strong case against her.

Trump’s quoted assessment in that coverage was blunt. He called her “a sick, very dishonest person who hates our country” and “a disgrace to our country,” and said it is “amazing that she can get elected.” Again, those are his words about her record and loyalty claims, delivered while an active probe is underway.

That track fits earlier confirmation work, including when Tom Homan confirmed an ICE criminal investigation into Omar over marriage and immigration fraud allegations that long shadowed her file.

Separate official comments have gone further on family and marriage questions. DHS commentary has publicly raised alleged brother-marriage fraud and deportation possibilities, and House Oversight voices have said the DOJ is looking at Omar and her family. None of that replaces a filed indictment. It does show why a house search, a seized passport, and a president talking about jail land with force.

Related coverage has also tracked claims that DHS leaders confirmed a federal investigation and raised deportation in connection with those marriage and entry allegations.

What is proven so far, and what is not

Here is the verified sequence. Omar obtained citizenship in 2000. She says she arrived in 1995 at 12 and naturalized at 17. Federal agents searched her house earlier this month and took phones, computers, notebooks, and her passport. Investigators are testing whether age was misstated for citizenship. Trump said Tuesday she could be deported and could also go to jail. Omar calls the raid political intimidation aimed at enemies.

What the public package does not yet show is a case name, docket number, warrant text, or formal charges. No arrest was reported with the search. The precise age entries under dispute on specific forms are not laid out in the available accounts. The administration’s reported push to revoke citizenship and deport her comes through the Wall Street Journal reference, not a released charging memo in this package.

That gap matters. A judicially authorized warrant and a multi-item seizure are serious. So is a president stating, on the record, that jail is on the table. Serious is not the same as convicted. The process still has to produce documents, evidence rulings, and a clear theory of false statements if prosecutors want a jury or a denaturalization court to finish the job.

Omar’s defense is straightforward on the timeline she gives: child arrival in 1995, citizenship at 17, long service in Congress since 2019. The government’s theory, as described, runs through her late father’s paperwork and alleged age or identity misstatements tied to entry and naturalization. Those two stories cannot both be fully right.

For voters who care about lawful immigration and equal enforcement, the core test is simple. Did anyone lie on immigration papers to obtain citizenship status, and can the government prove it with records seized from the home and files already in federal hands? Trump’s answer is that the exposure runs past deportation talk and into criminal risk. Omar’s answer is that the raid is a weaponized hit on a political foe.

Law-and-order enforcement means the same rules for a member of Congress as for anyone else who signed immigration forms. If the evidence holds, the system should say so in court. If it does not, the system should say that too, without special shields and without special vendettas.