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Omar’s Birth-Year Records Spark Fresh Citizenship Questions
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- Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) experienced a home raid on Oct. 12, 2026.
- Her staff asked the Legislative Reference Library to change birth year to 1982 on May 17, 2019.
- Omar says she derived citizenship from her father in 2000 when she was 17.
- If born in 1981, she would have been 18 in 2000, contradicting that narrative.
- A 2023 search found no record of her father’s naturalization, AJ Kern reported.