President Trump said Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar could “go to jail” as a result of an ongoing investigation into her immigration history.
He also excoriated her Somali heritage, calling her birth country “a real s—-house” and saying the Somali community in Minnesota has “ruined a great state.”
“Most of them shouldn’t be here,” he said.
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Homeland Security Investigations agents raided Ms. Omar’s residence in Washington last week, after top administration officials said she was under investigation for possible immigration fraud.
Mr. Trump said she could lose her citizenship but said she could also face tougher consequences.
“She could go to jail,” he said. “I think she’s a sick, a very dishonest person who hates our country.”
He added: “I hope they treat her fairly but I think she’s a very dishonest person.”
Ms. Omar, now in her fifth term, has called the probe a “ludicrous, partisan investigation” and labeled it “fascism.”
Mr. Trump’s comments about Somalia echo those he made privately in 2018 when, during a conversation on granting amnesty to some immigrants, he labeled some nations “s—-hole countries.”
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