{"id":80251,"date":"2026-10-20T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/trump-says-ilhan-omar-could-go-to-jail-or-be-deported-calls-her-a-disgrace-to-our-country\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:55:08","slug":"trump-says-ilhan-omar-could-go-to-jail-or-be-deported-calls-her-a-disgrace-to-our-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/trump-says-ilhan-omar-could-go-to-jail-or-be-deported-calls-her-a-disgrace-to-our-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Ilhan Omar could go to jail or be deported, calls her \u2018a disgrace to our country\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said Tuesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ilhan-omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a> could face jail in addition to deportation, calling the Minnesota Democrat &#8220;a disgrace to our country&#8221; as she faces a federal investigation into allegations involving her citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the remarks inside the Oval Office during his fraud incentive program announcement, responding to FOX Business correspondent Edward Lawrence\u2019s question about whether a problem with Omar\u2019s age could lead to her deportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, she could be. She could also go to jail,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;You know, they keep talking about deportation. No, she could go to jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-should-jailed-deported-citizenship-fraud-proven-top-house-republican-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ILHAN OMAR SHOULD BE JAILED, DEPORTED IF CITIZENSHIP FRAUD PROVEN, TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president did not identify a specific criminal charge or present new evidence against Omar during the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just my opinion,&#8221; Trump added, before calling the congresswoman &#8220;a very dishonest person&#8221; who &#8220;hates our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/obama-backs-ilhan-omar-amid-probe-accuses-trump-admin-appalling-targeting-lengthy-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>OBAMA BACKS ILHAN OMAR AMID PROBE, ACCUSES TRUMP ADMIN OF &#8216;APPALLING&#8217; TARGETING IN LENGTHY STATEMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His comments come after <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/person\/tom-homan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">border czar Tom Homan<\/a> said Omar could lose her citizenship and be deported if investigators prove immigration fraud. Federal agents searched her Washington, D.C., home Oct. 12, seizing her cellphone and other possessions.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation centers on allegations that Omar or her father <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/rep-ilhan-omars-immigration-history-faces-new-scrutiny-federal-investigators-subpoena-relatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">misrepresented her birth year<\/a> on immigration paperwork. The disputed timeline concerns whether she was a minor when her father became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and qualified for citizenship through him, or was already 18 and needed to apply separately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\/homan-says-ilhan-omar-could-stripped-naturalization-deported-immigration-fraud-proven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HOMAN SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD BE STRIPPED OF NATURALIZATION, DEPORTED IF IMMIGRATION FRAUD IS PROVEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/watch-ilhan-omar-denies-feds-have-contacted-her-after-border-czar-homan-confirms-criminal-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Omar has denied wrongdoing<\/a>. She and other Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have denounced the investigation as political persecution targeting a prominent Trump critic ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Saturday on &#8220;The Big Weekend Show,&#8221; Homan said the outcome would depend on the evidence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-home-raid-sparks-online-firestorm-this-what-authoritarians-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DEMOCRATS&#8217; FURY OVER ILHAN OMAR RAID DRAWS STINGING GOP REMINDER ABOUT RAID FROM THE PAST: \u2018SET THE PRECEDENT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We\u2019ve done it before,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Homan said Omar would be held to the same standards as anyone else, while declining to discuss the specifics of investigators\u2019 findings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HOMAN CONFIRMS &#8216;CRIMINAL&#8217; INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ILHAN OMAR, SAYS HE KNOWS &#8216;THINGS ARE GOING ON\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not going to get ahead of the bureau or HSI, but I\u2019ve been told they have a strong case, and we\u2019ll let the evidence lead where it leads,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>During Tuesday\u2019s exchange, Trump also attacked Omar\u2019s criticism of the United States, questioning why she sought to tell Americans how to run the country after coming from Somalia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omars-turbulent-week-explained-dueling-probes-threw-somali-born-progressive-chaos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ILHAN OMAR&#8217;S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then she comes over here, and she says that she wants to tell us how to run America,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;She wants to tell us how to run the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized her assertions of constitutional rights and called her election to Congress &#8220;amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-rally-crowd-chants-deport-president-rips-ilhan-omar-federal-raid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TRUMP RALLY CROWD CHANTS &#8216;DEPORT&#8217; AS PRESIDENT RIPS ILHAN OMAR AFTER FEDERAL RAID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She\u2019s a disgrace to our country,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The president ended the exchange by saying he hoped Omar would receive fair treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope they treat her fairly,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to Omar&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Max Bacall contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Rep. 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