Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation tied to immigration paperwork.
Fox News Digital reported that multiple federal agents wearing HSI jackets were seen outside the Minnesota Democrat’s residence after the operation began around 6 a.m. The Department of Justice confirmed the action and later described the probe as criminal.
The raid puts a sitting member of Congress under active federal scrutiny over immigration records from her childhood entry into the United States. No arrests or charges from the search have been publicly announced.
A DOJ spokesperson said HSI carried out a warrant the Justice Department secured for the D.C. area operation.
"Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation,"
DOJ later added that the investigation is “criminal” in nature. HSI and the Department of Homeland Security led the operation, with DOJ involved in the wider probe. HSI is the principal investigative arm of DHS and handles cross-border crime, trafficking, smuggling, cybercrime, and counterterrorism work.
Breitbart reported the same core facts: agents searched Omar’s Washington home early Monday under a judicially authorized warrant in an ongoing federal criminal investigation, and the Justice Department released no further operational details.
Two sources close to the investigation told Fox News Digital the search stems from a criminal fraud inquiry into immigration paperwork Omar’s late father filled out when she was a child. Authorities have not publicly released the warrant’s full scope, the statutes at issue, or a list of items seized.
Border czar Tom Homan said in mid-September that Omar was already subject to an ongoing “criminal” investigation. Fox News Digital reached out to an Omar spokesperson for comment on the Monday search. No response from Omar or her office appears in that reporting.
National Review likewise described an early-morning judicially authorized search at Omar’s Washington-area home in an HSI-led criminal fraud investigation into paperwork completed by her late father when she entered the United States as a child.
Longstanding allegations have followed Omar for years. Reporting has included claims that she entered the country in 1995 under a false name or secondary family identity, and older claims that she married her brother in 2009 in an alleged immigration scheme. Omar has denied the fraud allegations.
A federal prosecutor recently told Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations could hinder any investigation into the alleged 2009 marriage matter. Investigators have not said whether that historical claim is part of the same warrant that authorized Monday’s search.
Vice President JD Vance had previously signaled that the administration would examine immigration fraud allegations against Omar. “It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice under the laws,” Vance said. “So we’re going to investigate it. We’re going to take a look at it. If we think there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime.”
Omar has also faced months of criticism over financial disclosures. Her 2024 filing reported that her husband possessed between $6 million and $30 million in assets. A more recent 2025 disclosure revised the value of shared assets between Omar and her husband to a maximum of $125,000, a drop of about $29.9 million. Lower estimates of their assets ran to $20,000. Debt figures ranged from $30,000 to $100,000 overall, with separate debts for each between $15,000 and $50,000, including her student loans and his credit card debt.
Fox News Digital reported she has repeatedly refused to clarify those disclosures. Authorities have not publicly confirmed whether the disclosure issues form part of the same HSI and DOJ investigation that produced Monday’s warrant.
No public results have been released about seizures, charges, or next court filings tied to the search. Investigators will need to determine what, if any, false statements appear in the childhood immigration file, whether evidence supports criminal fraud charges, and how any findings intersect with earlier allegations that remain denied and uncharged.
Court name, docket number, and the precise items authorized for search or seizure have not been released. Absolute calendar dating beyond “early Monday” and the DOJ’s “Today” statement also has not been detailed in the available official remarks.
Equal enforcement of immigration law does not stop at the Capitol steps. When federal agents serve a judge-signed warrant on a member of Congress, the test is simple: follow the evidence, apply the same rules, and let the record speak.
