What Homan said

Speaking on Fox News on a Saturday, Homan was asked whether the citizenship fraud investigation into the Minnesota congresswoman could involve denaturalizing and then deporting her. He answered: "Of course".

He argued that lying during the naturalization process gives grounds to denaturalize somebody, and said it could happen in Omar's case if the evidence points that way. He also implied the government is examining other allegations against her but declined to give details, saying: "I know things, but that's a question for the FBI."

The investigation and the raid

The federal investigation examines whether Omar or her family violated laws when obtaining her citizenship. It began only weeks before the November midterm elections, in which Omar is on the ballot.

• Federal agents searched Omar's Minnesota home on 12 October, drawing accusations the administration was weaponizing the federal government against a political rival.
• Her phone was reportedly taken during the raid.
• Investigators have reportedly sent subpoenas to more than a dozen people, among them members of Omar's family.

Omar and her lawyers respond

Omar posted on X after the raid that she was ok, calling the search an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. She said Trump has targeted her for years and wrote: "I will not be silenced."

In a letter sent after the search, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, her attorneys said the justice department may be seeking to influence an election, which they argued would breach its own longstanding internal policy. The letter said there is "no legitimate basis for any suggestion that she has violated any law concerning her citizenship status". They asked that her property be handed back and that any audio or video recorded during the search be kept intact.

Omar denies the accusations against her, which stem from unsubstantiated claims by rightwing figures who support Trump, including allegations that her ex-husband is her brother.

A wider denaturalization push

Omar's case is not isolated: the Trump administration is running denaturalization actions across the country against foreign-born citizens it says gained citizenship through fraud. By April, the justice department had reportedly drawn up a list of nearly 400 such citizens it sought to investigate.

The federal investigation into how Omar obtained her citizenship continues, weeks before the November midterm elections in which she is on the ballot.