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José Olivares in New York

Trump ‘border czar’ says Ilhan Omar could be ‘of course’ denaturalized and deported

Man in baseball cap and latex gloves carries cardboard box marked 'Homeland security investigations' outside by car
Homeland security officers carry boxes from the Washington DC residence of Ilhan Omar, on 12 October. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s “border czar”, has said that the Republican presidential administration could “of course” strip Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar of her citizenship and deport her.

Homan’s comments during a Saturday appearance on Fox News were the first remarks explicitly mentioning denaturalization and deportation in connection with Omar that were attributed by name to a top Trump administration official since federal agents raided the Minnesota US House representative’s home on 12 October.

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