Border Czar Tom Homan says the federal inquiry involving Rep. Ilhan Omar is still active — and he is calling it an “ongoing criminal investigation.”

Homan delivered the update Sunday during an appearance on Fox News, days after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin publicly described a DHS review of allegations surrounding Omar’s immigration history.

Asked about the matter, Homan refused to reveal investigative details.

“I know things are going on, but I can’t give specifics of what’s happening,” Homan said.

Here is Homan’s full exchange on the investigation and the circumstances that can lead to denaturalization:

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The Gateway Pundit reported that Homan characterized the inquiry as criminal but stopped short of saying that a denaturalization case had been filed against Omar. He said DHS continues to investigate and stressed that officials would need proof of fraud or material misrepresentation before citizenship could be revoked.

The report tied Homan’s Sunday comments to Mullin’s public confirmation days earlier and to Homan’s December 2025 statement that federal officials were reviewing records. Homan’s answer therefore marks a status update from a records review to his description of an ongoing criminal investigation, while leaving the government’s evidence and any possible charging theory undisclosed.

That distinction is important. Homan confirmed an investigation; he did not announce charges, a court filing or a final finding against Omar.

The latest development follows Mullin’s remarks at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. Benny Johnson’s original video captured the DHS secretary saying investigators are examining the long-running allegation that Omar married her brother to help him enter the United States.

Mullin said the review may extend beyond the disputed marriage allegation to questions about the family’s migration history and whether false information was used during the immigration process.

A second post highlighted Mullin’s pledge that any case would be driven by evidence and the law, not Omar’s political office.

Newsweek reported that a DHS spokesperson declined to discuss investigative techniques, active inquiries or possible future action. Mullin did not present documentary evidence during the Dallas interview, and he did not identify any charge under consideration.

The outlet reported that Mullin described a review of the family’s wider immigration history alongside the disputed marriage allegation. He said investigators would decide whether to move forward based on evidence of false statements or other illegal activity.

Omar has repeatedly denied that her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and has rejected the immigration-fraud allegation as a lie.

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When Homan first said federal officials were reviewing records in December 2025, Omar dismissed the renewed scrutiny in this exchange captured by Fox News:

The denaturalization issue has a defined legal path. The Justice Department identifies unlawful procurement of citizenship, fraud or false statements during naturalization, marriage fraud, visa-document fraud and false claims to citizenship as separate federal offenses enforced through different statutes.

Federal prosecutors can bring a criminal naturalization-fraud charge under Section 1425 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

The government can also seek civil revocation under Section 1451 of Title 8 when citizenship was illegally procured or obtained by concealing a material fact or making a willful misrepresentation.

The department’s immigration-crimes guide separately lists marriage fraud, visa-document fraud and false statements made during naturalization. Those statutes give investigators several possible paths, but each requires evidence tied to a specific offense.

Civil denaturalization cases are litigated in federal court. Citizenship is not erased simply because an executive-branch official says an investigation exists.

The Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation files those civil complaints and has to prove its case before a judge. The citizenship holder can contest the government’s allegations in court.

In a criminal route, a conviction for knowingly procuring naturalization unlawfully can lead the court to revoke the naturalization order and cancel the citizenship certificate.

That means an investigation is only the opening stage. Investigators still have to establish the underlying facts, prosecutors must select a lawful route, and a court must enter the order that strips citizenship.

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Federal law allows a court to revoke naturalization that was illegally procured or obtained through concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation. A conviction for knowingly procuring naturalization unlawfully can also trigger revocation.

Homan’s point was straightforward: if investigators prove that someone lied or materially misrepresented facts while becoming a citizen, the government can seek denaturalization.

“We have done it before, many times over the last 40 years I’ve been around,” Homan said.

He also rejected the argument that enforcing those statutes would automatically amount to political retaliation.

“ICE is enforcing law that Congress wrote,” Homan said.

For now, the public record supports a carefully drawn conclusion: senior Trump administration officials say the inquiry is active, Homan now describes it as criminal, Omar denies the central allegation, and no charge or denaturalization complaint against her has been publicly announced.

If investigators produce proof, the consequences could be enormous. Until then, the next real milestone will be evidence in a filing or a formal government action — not another rumor.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

 

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