Florida Rep. Randy Fine plans to expel Ilhan Omar if a DOJ probe finds she broke the law, after federal agents raided her Washington home.

Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) said Friday he intends to introduce a House resolution to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) if a federal investigation concludes she broke the law. Fine also said he has already contacted the Department of Justice for more details on the probe. The Hill reported his plan as pressure mounts after a raid on Omar’s Washington residence.

Federal immigration authorities searched Omar’s D.C. home on Oct. 12 as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration status. Fox News reported that Homeland Security Investigations agents focused on possible false statements on immigration and naturalization documents, with family subpoenas and the seizure of her cellphone among the steps described.

Omar is a naturalized citizen who has denied wrongdoing. She is running for reelection in this year’s midterms, and House expulsion would require a two-thirds vote. Fine framed the fight as one about basic accountability that Democrats rarely face.

Fine ties expulsion to the federal findings

Fine told interviewers the expulsion effort would follow the evidence. He went further on citizenship itself.

"I assume that she’s not a citizen, so we might not even have to do that. You can’t be in Congress if you’re not a citizen of the United States, but if it isn’t automatic, I absolutely will demand expulsion immediately."

He also argued Democrats escape consequences while backing what he called an anti-American agenda. In separate comments carried by Breitbart, Fine said he does not merely want Omar removed from Congress, he wants her removed from the country.

That harder line sits beside broader Republican focus on Minnesota fraud cases and White House scrutiny of Omar’s immigration history. Border officials have said the administration is examining that record as part of wider enforcement. Readers tracking the paper trail will also find court filings and marriage records still drawing attention to Omar’s personal history.

Fine’s posture is not new friction. In 2025 he called Omar a “terrorist,” language House Democrats condemned as racist. The current fight, though, turns on documents, a raid, and a possible House floor vote, not name-calling.

Trump demands resignation over a “fake name”

President Trump said Thursday that Omar should resign at once. He accused her of using a fake name to be sworn into Congress and posted on Truth Social that Democrats had effectively conceded the seat.

"Because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress."

Trump also directed that Speaker Mike Johnson be told the seat was lost. Omar answered the fake-name charge in a statement to NewsNation, calling the accusations “categorically false” and saying they have “no basis in fact.”

A federal court filing described in recent coverage listed her as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, with Ilhan Abdullahi Omar noted as an alias. That paperwork is now part of the public fight over whether her immigration and naturalization file was truthful. Coverage of the same probe has included reporting that federal agents questioned Omar’s sister after the D.C. search.

Omar was born in Somalia and became a U.S. citizen in 2000 after her father was naturalized. She has repeatedly denied long-running claims that she married her brother to secure immigration benefits. Those denials remain her public position as the Justice Department work continues.

Raid details and the citizenship fight

The Oct. 12 search put the immigration case on the front page. Agents treated it as a criminal inquiry into status and statements on official papers, not a routine compliance visit. Follow-on reporting has described device and passport seizures as prosecutors weigh next steps, including the track laid out when federal agents seized Omar’s passport and devices in the same broader case build.

Fine’s outreach to DOJ is an attempt to lock House action to whatever investigators conclude. He is not waiting for a finished trial to state his intent. If the department finds lawbreaking, he says the House should move. If citizenship itself fails, he argues removal from Congress would follow as a matter of course.

Trump has also revived older attacks, including claims that Omar married a brother to stay in the country or bring him in, and that she should be sent out of the United States. Omar’s camp rejects those claims. Separate political voices have rushed to her side since the raid, including the defense push described when Obama publicly backed Omar after the HSI search.

The House has been here on rhetoric before. In 2019, Trump posted that Omar and other progressive members should “go back” and help fix the places they came from. The House answered with a 240-187 vote condemning the language as racist, with four Republicans joining Democrats. Fine’s resolution, if filed, would be a different instrument: a membership penalty tied to an active federal probe, not a speech fight.

Minnesota fraud backdrop and the midterms clock

Fine has linked Omar’s case to larger Minnesota scandals. Reporting on his comments cites alleged pandemic-era welfare fraud in the state estimated at some $9 billion and describes the problem as widespread under Democratic leadership, including Gov. Tim Walz. Fine has argued the fraud was tolerated to lock in votes and damage the country. Those claims remain political charges layered onto the separate immigration investigation of Omar.

Omar’s own answers on the brother-marriage allegation have stayed contested in public. After the home search she faced fresh questions and gave what critics called an unclear reply, a thread continued in coverage of how Omar answered the brother-marriage claim once agents had been through her house. She still faces voters this cycle while the probe runs.

Attorney General Todd Blanche, asked about investigation timing Thursday while announcing a separate indictment of Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, defended bringing mature cases when they are ready.

"This is a long-running case, as alleged in the indictment. People can criticize all they want, but it was time to bring the charges. The grand jury returned an indictment, and we made the arrests."

That answer addressed the Lucas matter. It also signaled a Justice Department willing to move on older files even when critics call the calendar political. The article’s reporting notes DOJ often avoids heavy election-season action against candidates; Omar’s midterms race makes that custom part of the backdrop.

What remains unsettled is the core legal question Fine is using as his trigger: whether investigators will conclude Omar broke the law on immigration or naturalization papers. No charging document against her is detailed in the available accounts. No case number or statute list has been laid out in full. The raid happened. The court filing with the alternate name is in circulation. The cellphone and family process are described. The House vote Fine wants is still a plan, not a scheduled floor fight.

For voters who want clean elections and honest citizenship files, the sequence is plain. A sitting member had her home searched in a criminal immigration inquiry. The president called for resignation over a sworn-name charge she calls baseless. A House Republican says he will force an expulsion vote if the department finds lawbreaking, and says citizenship failure should end the matter by itself.

Accountability should not depend on party letterhead. If the evidence shows fraud on the papers that made a member of Congress, the House should not look away.