Trump says Ilhan Omar could go to jail or be deported, calls her ‘a disgrace to our country’

President Donald Trump said Ilhan Omar could face jail or deportation if investigators establish immigration or citizenship fraud, while offering no specific charge or new evidence. His comments add to a politically charged federal investigation into the Minnesota congresswoman, who denies wrongdoing and says the probe is political persecution.

Investigators are examining allegations that Omar or her father misstated her birth year on immigration documents, affecting whether she was a minor when her father became a US citizen in 2000. Federal agents searched her Washington home on 12 October and seized her phone and other items. Border czar Tom Homan said denaturalisation and deportation could follow if fraud is proven, but that the evidence should guide the outcome; Trump said he hoped Omar would be treated fairly.