Ilhan Omar ‘married her brother’ and could face deportation in scheme, DHS Secretary Mullin says
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could face deportation because she “married her brother” as part of an alleged immigration scheme, Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said on Thursday.
For years, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has faced rumors alleging that she married her brother to obtain US citizenship have circulated for years, but thorough fact-checks and investigations have consistently debunked these claims. The man that these rumors allege is Minnesota Representative’s brother is Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
In 2002, she entered an unofficial, faith-based Islamic marriage with Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi (né Aden), with whom she had two children, including climate activist Isra Hirsi. The couple reportedly divorced within their faith tradition in 2008.
In 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British Somali. The two had a faith-based divorce in 2011, after which Omar reconciled with Hirsi and had a third child in 2012. Omar and Elmi were legally divorced in 2017, and she was legally married to Hirsi in 2018. The couple filed for divorce in late 2019, which was finalized that same year. Omar remarried in March 2020 to Tim Mynett, a political consultant.
Mullin explained that lying about certain things on an immigration application can result in deportation, and there’s no expiration for that.
The investigation may turn up “illegal activity,” which could result in Omar being deported, Mullin suggested. He cautioned that the case is still being investigated and insisted it’s not politically motivated.
Omar became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000, when she was 17 years old, and she has vehemently denied marrying her brother.
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