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汤姆·霍曼证实正对奥马尔涉嫌的婚姻与移民欺诈展开刑事调查，但需证明主观故意
作者：汉娜·布伦南、彼得·达布罗斯卡 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年9月29日 美国东部时间早上6:00
移民律师迈克尔·怀尔德斯解释了证明婚姻欺诈所需的证据，以及奥马尔称国土安全部未联系过她是否会影响调查的合法性。
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特朗普政府近期针对联邦众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔的执法行动，可能会以涉嫌移民欺诈为由，剥夺这位明尼苏达州国会女议员的公民身份。但据一名前联邦检察官透露，刑事调查不太可能取得总统想要的结果。
移民律师迈克尔·怀尔德斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，在白宫边境事务主管汤姆·霍曼证实国土安全部（DHS）正对这位进步派“国会小组”成员展开“刑事”调查后，调查人员面临着“极高的举证门槛”。
一切都源于奥马尔为获取美国公民身份而与其兄弟结婚的指控，她对此多次予以否认。
唐纳德·特朗普总统与奥马尔的长期矛盾始于奥马尔在特朗普第一任期中期首次当选议员之时，她很快成为国会中对特朗普批评最激烈的人士之一。特朗普曾多次呼吁将奥马尔送回索马里，理由是她涉嫌欺诈行为。
特朗普政府一直在加大力度剥夺被指控犯有移民欺诈罪的人士的公民身份并将其驱逐出境。副总统JD·万斯今年早些时候称，司法部正在调查奥马尔涉嫌的欺诈和移民违规行为。
但针对这位出生于索马里的议员的潜在起诉和剥夺公民身份案件，仍存在诸多疑问。
怀尔德斯表示，调查人员需要排除合理怀疑，证明奥马尔明知故犯地与其被批评者指认为其兄弟的男子结婚，目的 solely是为了规避美国移民法。
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“要成功提起婚姻欺诈诉讼，政府必须排除合理怀疑地证明……被告明知故犯地缔结婚姻，主要目的是规避移民法并获取利益，”怀尔德斯说道。
怀尔德斯指出，即使奥马尔和她的丈夫艾哈迈德·努尔·赛义德·埃尔米在婚后才意识到他们的结合可能是埃尔米快速通过美国移民程序的阴谋，这在法庭上也不会被认定为婚姻欺诈。
他补充道：“这是他们必须跨越的极高门槛和标准。移民利益不能是附带产物或次要考虑因素。这种情况不被视为违法。”
如果有证据证明奥马尔和埃尔米犯下婚姻欺诈罪，这位明尼苏达州民主党议员可能面临最高5年监禁、最高25万美元罚款，或两者并罚。
怀尔德斯还指出，诉讼时效可能会阻碍对奥马尔婚姻欺诈案的起诉，因为两人的婚姻发生在2009年。但仍有途径可以剥夺奥马尔的公民身份，霍曼将此描述为“非常严肃的程序”，同时谈及对这位国会议员的调查。
“问题在于：他们在事实层面掌握证据了吗？这样做是否正确？”怀尔德斯说道。
“问题在于，是否存在并非故意的疏忽，以及剥夺某人公民身份是否过于极端，”他说。“我们谈论的是剥夺一项福利，然后将他们驱逐出美国。”
前美国公民及移民服务局官员及其共犯被控参与涉嫌96万美元的公民身份贿赂计划
明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔否认自己知晓针对她的刑事调查，此前白宫边境事务主管汤姆·霍曼周日证实国土安全部正在调查她。(丹尼尔·赫尔/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社；埃里克·李/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社)
要剥夺奥马尔的公民身份，程序必须与她2000年获得公民身份时是否谎报信息的指控相关。奥马尔声称，她在父亲入籍时还是未成年人，因此自动获得了公民身份。
国会记录显示，奥马尔在17岁时成为公民，但前明尼苏达州国会候选人AJ·凯恩指责奥马尔的出生年份在明尼苏达州立法参考图书馆网站上被修改后，外界开始猜测她入籍时年龄更大。
这导致社交媒体上流传她当时并非未成年人的指控，如果该说法被证实，可能会导致她被剥夺公民身份。即使她的父亲在公民身份申请文件中撒谎，也可能导致奥马尔被剥夺公民身份。
怀尔德斯还解释称，政府在追究剥夺公民身份案件时会“逐案作出决定”。他还指出，故意撒谎与失误的相关性不同。
“如果政府以文件欺诈罪起诉，我们还需要知道她是否有律师代理，以及她的申请中是否存在简单的错误或被认定为欺诈的疏忽，”怀尔德斯说。
“[这些情况]是否属实、是否为假设、是否有事实依据，将在很大程度上影响起诉结果。”
霍曼没有回答联邦政府是否有证据证明奥马尔犯下婚姻或移民欺诈罪，同时也拒绝详细说明国土安全部具体在调查奥马尔的哪些行为。
奥马尔上周告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她没有接到国土安全部的联系，也不知道有人在调查她的婚姻或移民身份，她说自己并不担心，因为“右翼一直以来都在搞这种鬼东西”。
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但怀尔德斯表示，她不知道自己正在被调查并不罕见，也不会使霍曼证实的针对她的“刑事”调查无效。
“这位女议员不知情并不会改变任何事情，”怀尔德斯说。“政府没有义务透露调查细节，他们会确保自己能成功起诉，并且不会因为此事带来的政治影响而在调查期间泄露任何信息。”
“我还没看到值得起诉的证据，”怀尔德斯说。“这是一位国会议员。可能不符合你的政治立场，但我们也必须确保恰当地提起公诉，而非草率行事。”
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Could Trump revoke Ilhan Omar’s citizenship for alleged brother marriage? Ex federal prosecutor breaks it down
2026-09-29T06:00:22-04:00 / Fox News
Tom Homan confirmed the criminal probe into Omar’s alleged marriage and immigration fraud but would need to prove intent
By Hannah Brennan, Peter D’Abrosca, Fox News
Published September 29, 2026 6:00am EDT
Immigration attorney Michael Wildes explains the evidence required to establish marriage fraud and whether Omar’s claim that DHS has not contacted her impacts the legitimacy of the investigation.
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The Trump administration’s recent effort to bring the law down on Rep. Ilhan Omar could go as far as seeking to strip the Minnesota congresswoman of her citizenship for alleged immigration fraud. But a criminal investigation is unlikely to yield the results the president wants, according to a former federal prosecutor.
Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney, told Fox News Digital that investigators face a “very high bar” to build a case against Omar after White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting a “criminal” investigation against the progressive “Squad” member.
It all stems from claims that Omar married her brother to gain U.S. citizenship, which she has repeatedly denied.
President Donald Trump has a longstanding feud with Omar going back to when she was first elected in the middle of his first term, and quickly became one of his most vocal critics in Congress. Trump has repeatedly called for Omar to be sent back to Somalia because of her alleged fraudulent activity.
The Trump administration continues to ramp up efforts to denaturalize and deport individuals accused of immigration fraud. And Vice President JD Vance claimed earlier this year that the Department of Justice is investigating Omar for alleged fraud and immigration violations.
But questions remain over what a potential prosecution and denaturalization case against the Somali-born lawmaker would require.
Wildes said that investigators would need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Omar knowingly entered her marriage — to a man critics allege is her brother — for the sole purpose of evading U.S. immigration laws.
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U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar speaks during Day 2 of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Convention in the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn., on Saturday, May 30, 2026.(Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
“In order to establish a successful marriage fraud case, the government would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt… that the defendant knowingly entered into a marriage with the primary purpose to evade immigration laws and get a benefit,” Wildes said.
Wildes noted that even if Omar and her husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, decided after getting married that their partnership could be a scheme for Elmi to fast pass America’s immigration process, this would not be considered marriage fraud in court.
He continued, “Those are very high bars and thresholds that they would have to surmount. The immigration benefit cannot be a byproduct or secondary consideration. This is not deemed to be illegal.”
If evidence was presented to prove Omar and Elmi committed marriage fraud, the Minnesota Democrat could face up to five years in jail, a maximum fine of $250,000, or both.
Wildes also pointed out that there are statutes of limitations that could hinder a potential prosecution and make it more difficult to prosecute Omar for marriage fraud, as that marriage was in 2009. But there is still a pathway for Omar to be denaturalized, which Homan described as a “very serious process” while discussing the investigation into the congresswoman.
“The question is: Do they have it factually, and is it the right thing to do?” Wildes said.
“The question is whether or not inadvertences were made not purposefully and whether or not it’s over the top to then denaturalize somebody,” he said. “We’re talking about taking away a benefit and then banishing them from the United States.”
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is denying that she has been made aware of any criminal investigation into her after White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed Sunday that the Department of Homeland Security is investigating her.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
For Omar to be denaturalized, the process would have to be related to allegations that she falsified information when obtaining her own citizenship in 2000. Omar claims she was granted automatic citizenship because she was a minor when her father was naturalized.
Congressional records state Omar became a citizen at age 17, but speculation that she was older at the time of her naturalization began after former Minnesota congressional candidate AJ Kern accused Omar’s birth year of being revised on the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library website.
This caused allegations to circulate on social media that she was not a minor at the time, which, if ever proven true, could lead to her denaturalization. Even if her father lied in his citizenship paperwork, this could also potentially lead to Omar being stripped of her citizenship.
Wildes also explained that the government makes a “case-by-case” decision when it comes to pursuing denaturalization cases. He also pointed out the relevancy of an intentional lie as opposed to a mistake.
“If the government were to prosecute for document fraud, we would also want to know whether or not she was represented by counsel, and if there were simple mistakes on her application or inadvertences that may be deemed to be fraudulent,” Wildes said.
“Whether or not [these] things are truthful, hypothesized, or can be backed up in fact, will play heavily in that prosecution.”
Homan didn’t answer whether the federal government has evidence that Omar committed either marriage or immigration fraud, while also declining to go into detail about what particularly DHS is investigating Omar for.
Omar told Fox News Digital just last week that she has not been contacted by DHS or made aware of any ongoing investigation into her marriage or immigration status, saying she isn’t worried about it because “the right wing always had this s— going.”
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But Wildes said her being unaware that she is being investigated is not unusual and doesn’t invalidate Homan’s confirmation of a “criminal” investigation against her.
“The congresswoman’s not being aware doesn’t change anything,” Wildes said. “There is no obligation for the government to show their hand, and they’re going to want to make sure that they have a good prosecution, and they don’t give anything up in the interim because of the politics that this presents as well.”
“I haven’t seen anything that I think is worthy of a prosecution,” Wildes said. “This is a member of Congress. It may not be your politics, but we have to also make sure that we engage in prosecutions properly and not frivolously.”
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Neither Omar nor DHS responded to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.