Federal investigators are looking into whether Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar entered into a fraudulent marriage in 2009 to help a British citizen suspected of being her brother obtain US residency, the NYT reports. Current and former law enforcement officials said a 2016 investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security uncovered some evidence suggesting that Omar's marriage to Ahmad Noor Saeed Elmi was a sham and that the two may be siblings. However, prosecutors did not file charges, mainly because the alleged offense fell outside the five-year statute of limitations. The Trump administration has now opened the reexamination of the marriage as part of a broader investigation into the Omars family's immigration history, including whether her father provided inaccurate information on immigration documents and whether she qualified for citizenship through him.

Federal investigators are looking into whether Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar entered into a fraudulent marriage in 2009 to help a British citizen suspected of being her brother obtain US residency, the NYT reports. Current and former law enforcement officials said a 2016 investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security uncovered some evidence suggesting that Omar's marriage to Ahmad Noor Saeed Elmi was a sham and that the two may be siblings. However, prosecutors did not file charges, mainly because the alleged offense fell outside the five-year statute of limitations. The Trump administration has now opened the reexamination of the marriage as part of a broader investigation into the Omars family's immigration history, including whether her father provided inaccurate information on immigration documents and whether she qualified for citizenship through him.