Federal investigators questioned Ilhan Omar’s sister after raiding her Washington home in a citizenship fraud probe Omar calls pure politics.

Sahra Noor, the older sister of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., voluntarily spoke with federal investigators last week after Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search warrant at the congresswoman’s Washington, D.C., residence, Fox News reported.

Three sources familiar with the investigation confirmed the interview. The scope of that conversation was not clear.

The raid came around 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, and was tied to an immigration fraud probe examining whether Omar or her father falsified information on her citizenship paperwork. Agents took her personal phone, passport, and computer. About a dozen people, including relatives, have been subpoenaed.

No arrests or charges were reported. Omar’s attorneys later demanded the Justice Department return some of the seized property.

Omar blasts the raid as political payback

Hours after agents hit the home, Omar posted a statement on X framing the search as revenge by President Donald Trump.

"This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies,"

She continued:

"For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back. Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies."

Omar did not respond to repeated requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Progressive allies have rushed to her side in similar fashion, including in coverage of how Obama jumped to Omar’s defense after the same HSI action.

Her husband, Tim Mynett, was seen outside the D.C. home walking the dog, taking out trash, and speaking with one of her aides while defending her immigration timeline on camera.

White House says facts, not politics, drive the case

Vice President JD Vance pushed back hard in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital last Tuesday. He rejected the weaponization charge and drew a line against the prior administration’s record.

"We don't want to be like the Biden administration. We never want to be like that, where they would allow the law to go after their political opponents,"

Vance added:

"We really want to let the law, the facts drive this. And if justice requires something else be done, then, of course, we'll take a step when we have to."

Border czar Tom Homan raised the stakes over the weekend. He said that if the allegations are proven, they could lead to Omar’s denaturalization, the loss of U.S. citizenship.

That warning lands as federal agents already moved on the household, a step detailed further in reporting on how agents seized Omar’s passport and devices while building a broader case.

Book tour stop vanishes after the interview

Noor, author of “Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story,” canceled a Minnesota book-tour stop set for Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at the University of Minnesota Rochester.

A representative for Garden Party Books said the event was called off because Noor had a “family emergency.” The bookstore, the university, and the Rochester Public Library had promoted the appearance.

Noor came to the United States as a child fleeing civil war in Somalia, as did Omar. Her LinkedIn page lists her current home as Kenya. She had been in the United States promoting the book when investigators questioned her.

Fox News Digital reached out to Noor and did not hear back before publication. Her husband-adjacent public defense after the search has also drawn attention, including accounts of how Omar’s husband reappeared after the Homeland Security search.

What the probe is actually testing

Homeland Security Investigations, the chief investigatory arm of the Department of Homeland Security, executed the warrant. The core question is straightforward: did the lawmaker or her father submit false information when she became a U.S. citizen?

That is not a speech fight. It is a paperwork fight with citizenship on the line if proven. Homan’s denaturalization comment makes the consequence plain.

Omar’s public line is that she has done nothing wrong and that the raid is intimidation. Vance’s line is that the administration will follow the law and the facts, not the other way around.

The same enforcement climate is visible elsewhere, from moves that cut nearly $1 billion in illegal-immigrant and race-focused spending to State Department steps that target visas obtained through asylum claims filed after tourist entry.

What remains unanswered is the exact content of Noor’s interview, the full text of the warrant, and whether any formal charges will follow. The raid, the seizures, the subpoenas, the canceled book stop, and the sister’s voluntary sit-down are already on the record.

Citizenship is not a campaign slogan. When federal agents seize a passport and question family over how that citizenship was obtained, the public is entitled to answers, not just outrage press releases.