{"id":16188,"date":"2026-10-19T11:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/?p=16188"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:48:47","slug":"b-r-e-a-k-i-n-g-news-donald-trumps-family-not-out-of-investigation-on-immigration-if-democrats-take-over-congress-barack-obama-white-house-state-department-going-after-a-lawfully-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/b-r-e-a-k-i-n-g-news-donald-trumps-family-not-out-of-investigation-on-immigration-if-democrats-take-over-congress-barack-obama-white-house-state-department-going-after-a-lawfully-e\/","title":{"rendered":"B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G NEWS! Donald Trump\u2019s Family Not out of Investigation on Immigration if Democrats take over Congress-BARACK OBAMA \u2026White House, State Department going after a lawfully elected member of House of Representatives, Ilhan Omar is undemocratic and bad optics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>*<\/strong> <strong>Border czar, Tom Homan says Ilhan Omar could be stripped of naturalization, deported if immigration fraud is proven<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*\u201cMy house<\/strong> <strong>raid is a political campaign of intimidation and an abuse of power intended to weaponize law enforcement against political enemies ahead of elections\u201d<\/strong><\/span><strong>-OMAR<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*\u201cThis administration targeting an elected official in this manner sets a dangerous precedent that could eventually extend to political opponents in either party\u201d<\/strong><\/span><strong>-OBAMA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*\u201cI have no hands or involvement on Ilhan Omar\u2019s Washington DC residence raid where her American passport, mobile phones and laptops were confiscated\u201d<\/strong><\/span><strong>-TRUMP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*\u201cThe First Lady, Melania Trump could face a most embarrassing moment, summoned to appear in the Congress, face the American public in full glare due to secrecy surrounding her Green Card, Naturalization possession, having first entered the United States on August 27, 1996, on a B-1\/B-2 visitor visa and was born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), if Democrats win this midterm election\u201d<\/strong><\/span><strong>-Law Enforcement Security sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>*BY SOLA OBAFEMI ADEWALE\/CONGRESSIONAL REPORTER, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER INC USA, reporting LIVE from Washington DC<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>THE idiom: &#8220;what goes around comes around&#8221; means that your actions, whether good or bad, will eventually return to affect you. Actions have Consequences: How you treat others eventually dictates how others treat you. If you treat people with kindness and generosity, you are likely to receive kindness in return. If you mistreat, lie to, or harm others, those same negative outcomes or retributions will eventually catch up to you. This phrase is closely tied to the concept of karma, similar to sayings like &#8220;you reap what you sow&#8221;. Barack Obama, former President of the United States, has faulted the alleged lopsided and biased immigration crackdown of opposition political figures in the country, saying when the tide turns after Democrats eventually take over the reins of power, \u201cthe hunter now will become the hunted by then\u201d, and no one in the Trump family orbit or cabinet will left off the hook of painstaking investigations bothering on immigration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16191\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-one.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-one.avif 414w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-one-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-one-330x220.avif 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>*PHOTO: REPS ILHAN OMAR, IN THE EYES OF THE STORM:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Obama published a sharp statement on X (formerly Twitter) condemning the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration investigation and home raid targeting U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Characterization of the Probe: Obama called the federal actions &#8220;appalling,&#8221; stating that the full weight of the government is being used to intimidate a law-abiding official simply because she criticizes the president.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Defense of Omar&#8217;s Citizenship: He noted that Omar arrived in the U.S. from Somalia at age 12 and automatically became a naturalized citizen at 17 when her father was naturalized. He dismissed the administration&#8217;s inquiry as an &#8220;unsubstantiated theory&#8221; claiming she was 18 at the time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Warning on Precedents: Obama warned that targeting an elected official in this manner sets a dangerous precedent that could eventually extend to political opponents in either party.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Raid: Federal agents conducted a pre-dawn search of Omar&#8217;s Washington, D.C., home, seizing her phone, passport, and documents as part of an investigation into decades-old immigration paperwork.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Broader Pattern: Obama compared the investigation of Omar to past federal scrutiny directed at other Trump critics, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Administration Stance: President Donald Trump and White House officials denied direct personal involvement, stating the matter is managed by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16190\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-obama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-obama.jpg 681w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-obama-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>*PHOTO: BARACK OBAMA DARWS A LINE IN THE SAND:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Omar&#8217;s Response: Omar strongly denied any wrongdoing, calling the raid a &#8220;campaign of political intimidation&#8221; and an abuse of power intended to weaponize law enforcement against political enemies ahead of elections.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Meanwhile, Border czar Tom Homan said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could be denaturalized and deported if investigators found out that she committed immigration fraud, repeating his assertion that no one is above the law after her home was raided and cellphone seized.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We&#8217;ve done it before&#8230; And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen,&#8221; Homan told &#8220;The Big Weekend Show&#8221; on Saturday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16192\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-two.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-two.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-two-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-two-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-two-420x280.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>*PHOTO: AMERICANS DECRY BIASED INVESTIGATION:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Omar will &#8220;be held to the same standards you and I are held [to]. If she violated the law, then she&#8217;ll be held accountable,&#8221; he added, declining to discuss the specifics of the investigation into the congresswoman.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;I said over a year ago, the allegations were made clear, and it would be investigated, and they are investigating it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to get ahead of the bureau or HSI, but I&#8217;ve been told they have a strong case, and we&#8217;ll let the evidence lead where it leads.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Omar is under federal investigation over allegations that she or her father lied about her birth year on immigration paperwork to obtain her citizenship when her family fled Somalia in the late 1990s.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Omar was believed to be 17 at the time, and, as a minor, automatically qualified for citizenship under U.S. law along with him. But recently, it\u2019s been alleged she was actually 18 and would have needed to go through the process herself at that point.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16193\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-three.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-three.jpg 599w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-three-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>*PHOTO: LAW ENFORCEMENT RAID ON OMAR&#8217;S HOUSE IN DC:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Omar and other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have denounced the probe as political persecution of one of President Donald Trump&#8217;s detractors\u2019 weeks before a critical election.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Federal agents raided Omar&#8217;s Washington, D.C., home earlier this week and took her cellphone and other possessions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Asked whether the federal government has reason to investigate any type of wrongdoing beyond immigration fraud, Homan said he wouldn&#8217;t go there.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s a question for the FBI. I know things, but that&#8217;s the question for FBI,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Aides close to Obama said the former president tells close friends that \u201cthe present White House, State Department going after a lawfully elected member of House of Representatives, Ilhan Omar is undemocratic and bad optics\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16194\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-four.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-four.jpg 738w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ilhan-Omar-four-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>*PHOTO: SECURITY OFFICERS&#8217; RAID OF OMAR&#8217;S DC RESIDENCE WITHOUT A WARRANT:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>However, intelligence sources told <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA Media Group<\/em> <\/span>that the <span style=\"color: #000080;\">First Lady, Melania Trump could face a most embarrassing, hellish moment where she would be summoned to appear in the Congress, face the American public in full glare on the secrecy and controversy surrounding her Green Card, Naturalization possession if Democrats win both the House and Senate by midterm November 3<sup>rd<\/sup> election, since records show she was born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), first entered the United States on August 27, 1996, on a B-1\/B-2 visitor visa.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA Media Group<\/em><\/strong> <strong>reached out to Omar&#8217;s office for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DONATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CERTAINLY, Good journalism costs a lot of money. 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