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US authorities raided the home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in the Washington area on Monday, as part of a federal investigation into her immigration documents, according to Fox News, citing an informed source.
A spokesperson for the US Department of Justice told the website that Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant in the Washington, D.C. area, explaining that the action is part of an ongoing federal investigation.
The website added that the raid followed a criminal investigation into suspected fraud in the Minnesota representative's paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.
Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia, is one of the most prominent Democratic figures to have faced repeated criticism from US President Donald Trump, who has directed criticism at the Somali-American community in Minnesota as part of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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