2026年10月18日 美国东部时间10:38 / 福克斯新闻频道
前总统巴拉克·奥巴马称特朗普政府正在就奥马尔入籍时的年龄追查一项“无实据的理论”
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伊尔汗·奥马尔就联邦移民调查提出抗议
福克斯新闻记者丽贝卡·卡斯托报道针对联邦众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔的联邦移民与财务调查，奥马尔否认了移民欺诈指控。
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前总统巴拉克·奥巴马在社交媒体发帖为明尼苏达州民主党籍联邦众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔辩护，指控特朗普政府动用联邦政府工具打击政治对手，此时正值针对这位进步派议员公民身份的调查正进行中。
奥巴马声称，政府正试图剥夺奥马尔的美国公民身份并将其驱逐出境，原因是她批评了唐纳德·特朗普总统，他警告此举可能开创危险先例。
“美国民主的一项基本原则是，政府不能仅仅因为个人的政治信仰或言论就有选择地针对他们，”奥巴马周日在X平台上写道。“但特朗普政府如今正对明尼苏达州的国会女议员伊尔汗·奥马尔做出的正是这种事。”
伊尔汗·奥马尔的混乱一周详解：两项相互矛盾的调查让这位索马里裔进步派议员陷入困境
奥巴马的此番言论，是在联邦特工作为调查奥马尔移民身份的一部分搜查了她在华盛顿特区的住所之后发表的。
多位消息人士此前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，调查人员正在核实奥马尔或她的父亲在数十年前她入籍美国时，是否在移民文件上存在欺诈行为。
奥巴马为奥马尔的入籍背景进行辩护，称“要理解为何此事如此令人发指，了解事实至关重要”。
奥巴马随后表示，奥马尔12岁时随父亲抵达美国，17岁时父亲入籍，她也自动获得了公民身份。
这位前总统指控调查人员正在追查一项“无实据的理论”，即奥马尔当时实际上已经18岁，而如果是那样的话，她就需要单独申请公民身份。
“联邦政府的全部力量正被用来对付一位守法的民选官员，只因为她敢于批评总统，”奥巴马写道。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系白宫和国土安全部，请求就这位前总统的指控置评。
特朗普否认自己与该调查有关联，此前他曾告诉记者，此事应由司法部处理。
“我个人一直觉得她完全不诚实，但这与我无关，”特朗普说。
奥巴马还指责该政府多次针对被视为政治对手的人士，他指出了针对纽约州总检察长、前联邦调查局局长以及美联储成员的联邦行动。
“任何总统，或任何政府，愿意参与这种公然意图恐吓他人的行为，都理应激怒所有美国人，无论他们对奥马尔国会女议员的政治观点有何看法，”奥巴马写道。
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“因为如果这成为新常态，我们完全有理由相信，受打击的不会只有她一人——未来无论哪个党派的总统，都可能做出同样的事。”
福克斯新闻数字频道的彼得·达布罗斯卡和阿曼达·马西亚斯对本文亦有贡献。
Obama backs Ilhan Omar amid probe, accuses Trump admin of ‘appalling’ targeting in lengthy statement
October 18, 2026 10:38am EDT / Fox News
Former president Barack Obama claims Trump admin is pursuing an ‘unsubstantiated theory’ about Omar’s age at naturalization
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Ilhan Omar challenges federal immigration investigations
Fox News’ Rebekah Castor reports on the federal immigration and financial investigations targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, who denies the allegations of immigration fraud.
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Former President Barack Obama accused the Trump administration of weaponizing the federal government against its political enemies in a social media post defending Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., amid an investigation into the progressive lawmaker’s citizenship.
Obama claimed the administration is attempting to strip Omar of her U.S. citizenship and deport her over her criticism of President Donald Trump, warning that the effort could set a dangerous precedent.
“It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say,” Obama wrote Sunday on X. “But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.”
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Obama’s remarks come after federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration status.
Sources previously told Fox News Digital that investigators are examining whether Omar or her father committed fraud on immigration paperwork when she became a U.S. citizen decades ago.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference ahead of the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Obama defended the circumstances under which Omar became a U.S. citizen, saying, “To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts.”
Obama then said Omar arrived in the United States with her father at age 12 and automatically became a citizen at 17 when her father was naturalized.
The former president accused investigators of pursuing an “unsubstantiated theory” that Omar was actually 18 at the time, which he said would have required her to apply for citizenship separately.
Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
“The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president,” Obama wrote.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Department of Homeland Security for comment on the former president’s allegations.
Trump has denied involvement in the investigation, previously telling reporters that the matter was up to the Justice Department.
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Oncenter, on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Syracuse, N.Y.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
“I’ve always found her to be totally crooked, personally, but that has nothing to do with me,” Trump said.
Obama also accused the administration of repeatedly targeting perceived political opponents, pointing to federal actions involving New York’s attorney general, a former FBI director and members of the Federal Reserve.
“The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views,” Obama wrote.
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“Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.”
Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca and Amanda Macias contributed to this report.
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