The Somali-born Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has long been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s calls for deportation. This week, he renewed his attacks, repeating the claim that she entered the U.S. by marrying her brother.
Trump has been calling for Omar to “go back” to Somalia for over six years now. During his 2020 reelection campaign, he repeatedly claimed that she is disloyal to the nation. However, his attacks turned into deportation threats as soon as he assumed office for a second term in 2025. He began calling Omar’s citizenship “illegal,” even though she has been a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2000.
