Critics summarize the cumulative allegations as follows:
Omar proposed the legislation that enabled the fraud.
Omar personally promoted the fraud.
Omar financially benefited from the fraud through campaign donations.
Defiance and Calls for Deportation
The immense pressure from these allegations has led to widespread calls from critics for Omar to be deported and stripped of her U.S. citizenship. Omar recently responded to these calls on national television with defiance:
“I don’t even know like why that’s like a such a scary threat. Like, I’m not the eight-year-old who escaped war anymore. I’m grown. My kids are grown. Like, I can go live wherever I want.”
While Omar intends this statement to convey strength and independence, her critics interpret it as confirmation that she views her loyalty to the United States as optional, secondary, and self-serving. They argue that her anti-American rhetoric and actions—including past accusations of marrying her own brother for immigration fraud—are now compounded by the potential for criminal involvement in a massive theft of federal funds. Continue reading…