Early Morning Search and Seized Belongings
Omar described the search, conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) at approximately 6 am, as a frightening experience. She said federal agents surrounded her home and repeatedly knocked loudly on both entrances.
According to Omar, she had slept for only around two hours before being awakened by the commotion, which initially sounded like an emergency evacuation. She subsequently reviewed the search warrant to ensure that the investigators were acting within their legal authority.
Omar said agents seized 17 items, including three mobile phones, her husband’s notebooks and a camera dating from the 1960s. She added that most of the confiscated phones were old personal devices.
The lawmaker also expressed serious concerns about her family’s security after her residential address became public. She said ongoing death threats had made it increasingly difficult for her family to remain at the property, particularly because their children’s movements could potentially be monitored.
Meanwhile, Trump suggested on Tuesday that Omar could face imprisonment rather than deportation in connection with a federal immigration investigation.
Omar, who entered Congress in 2019 as the first Somali-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives, rejected allegations of wrongdoing. She stated that she arrived in the United States in 1995 at the age of 12 and became a naturalized citizen at 17.
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