{"id":2585758,"date":"2026-03-31T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-white-house-plans-to-go-after-ilhan-omar-for-alleged-immigration-fraud\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:08:14","slug":"vance-white-house-plans-to-go-after-ilhan-omar-for-alleged-immigration-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-white-house-plans-to-go-after-ilhan-omar-for-alleged-immigration-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance: White House Plans to &#8216;Go After&#8217; Ilhan Omar for Alleged Immigration Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-white-house-plans-to-go-after-ilhan-omar-for-alleged-immigration-fraud%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece reports that Vice President J. D. Vance stated the White House will pursue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trumps-dhs-delivers-horrible-news-to-ilhan-omar-she-absolutely-can-be-denaturalized-and-theyre-investigating-on-massive-scale\/\" title=\"Watch: Trump&#039;s DHS Delivers Horrible News to ... - She &#039;Absolutely&#039; Can Be Denaturalized and They&#039;re Investigating on &#039;Massive&#039; Scale\">alleged immigration fraud<\/a> by Rep. Ilhan Omar, saying the administration \u201cdefinitely\u201d believes she committed fraud and is examining legal remedies and inquiry options.Vance said he discussed the matter with White House adviser Stephen Miller and emphasized building a case to hold Omar accountable. The article also covers Omar\u2019s past marriage history,including a 2009 civil ceremony to Ahmed Elmi,a 2011 separation,a 2017 divorce,and a second marriage to Ahmed Hirsi in 2018,along with related allegations reported by outlets such as the New York Post. Separately, Vance is leading a new <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/half-of-pandemic-unemployment-money-from-past-year-stolen-bulk-of-it-in-foreign-hands-report\/\" title=\"Half Of Pandemic Unemployment Money From Past Year Stolen,  \u2018Bulk\u2019 Of It In Foreign Hands:\u00a0...ort\">anti-fraud task force<\/a> focused<\/a> on fraud in U.S. social-services programs, with Minnesota highlighted due to prosecutions involving Somali communities and programs like Feeding Our Future. The report notes Omar\u2019s criticism of ICE and mentions the administration\u2019s February move to pause some Medicaid funding in Minnesota over fraud concerns, and it includes a Disclaimer about the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s republishing policy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance declared Friday that the White House will &ldquo;go after&rdquo; Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for alleged immigration fraud.President Donald Trump and other conservatives have long accused Omar of marrying her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, to facilitate his move to the U.S. in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Vance said on &ldquo;The Benny Johnson Show&rdquo; that the White House &ldquo;definitely&rdquo; believes Omar committed fraud, and they are actively looking into options on how to investigate and ultimately &ldquo;go after&rdquo; her for it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I talked to [White House deputy chief of staff] Stephen Miller about this actually recently. We&rsquo;re trying to look at what the remedies are. That&rsquo;s the thing that we&rsquo;re trying to figure out is what are the legal remedies now that we know that she&rsquo;s committed immigration fraud? How do you go after her? How do you investigate her? How do you actually do the thing? How do you build the case necessary to get some justice for the American people? There&rsquo;s a related issue, Benny, which is she has been at the center of a lot of the worst fraudsters in the Somali community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Omar allegedly married her brother, Ahmed Elmi, in a 2009 civil ceremony in Minnesota, after marrying Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi seven years earlier, according to a timeline published by the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>She split from Elmi in 2011, reconciled with Hirsi and had a third child with him. Omar claimed that she and Elmi separated in 2011, though the divorce did not take place until 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Omar married Hirsi, who is not her brother, for a second time in 2018. The two divorced a second time after she allegedly had an affair with Democratic consultant Tim Mynett, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/10\/07\/ilhan-omar-files-for-divorce-from-husband-amid-affair-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Vance is heading a new anti-fraud task force, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/vance-holds-first-meeting-of-a-new-anti-fraud-task-force-targeting-benefit-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">convened<\/a> for the first time on Friday. The committee is tasked with cracking down on fraud being committed on social services in the U.S., particularly in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Somalis in Minnesota were charged in the theft of $1 billion in taxpayer money for state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amidst-somali-rape-government-fraud-scandals-ilhan-omar-declares-we-are-not-going-anywhere\/\" title=\"Amidst Somali Rape, Government ... Scandals, ... Declares &#039;We Are Not Going Anywhere&#039;\">federal social services programs<\/a>, including $300 million from Feeding Our Future, a child nutrition program that fed low-income children during the COVID-19 pandemic. YouTuber Nick Shirley exposed nearly a dozen Somali-run daycare centers for not actually providing services.<\/p>\n<p>Omar attacked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for targeting Somali communities throughout Minnesota, even trying to claim in December that Somalis were victims of the welfare fraud scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-medicaid-funding-fraud-trump-47b160fd664cdfeef355ae00ca5fecc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> in February that the administration would halt some funding for Medicaid in Minnesota over fraud concerns. 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Vance said on Friday that the White House intends to pursue Rep. Ilhan Omar over alleged immigration fraud, stating that they believe she committed fraud and are exploring legal options to investigate and bring charges. He said he discussed the matter with White House aide Stephen Miller and emphasized the goal of \u201cgetting justice for the American people,\u201d adding that Omar has been connected to Fraudsters in the Somali community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The allegations center on Omar\u2019s marriages: she is said to have married her brother, Ahmed Elmi, in a 2009 Minnesota civil ceremony after previously marrying Ahmed Hirsi. Omar reportedly separated from Elmi in 2011, with the divorce finalized in 2017. She later remarried Hirsi in 2018 (who is not her brother), and they divorced again after an alleged affair with Democratic consultant Tim Mynett, per the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Vance is leading a new anti-fraud task force focused on fraud related to U.S. social services, especially in Minnesota. The effort follows cases involving Somalis in Minnesota accused of stealing about $1 billion in welfare funds, including $300 million tied to Feeding Our Future. YouTuber Nick Shirley highlighted Somali-run daycare centers that allegedly did not provide services. Omar has criticized ICE for targeting Somali communities and has claimed Somalis were victims of the welfare-fraud scheme. In February, the administration halted some Minnesota Medicaid funding over fraud concerns to ensure taxpayers\u2019 money is spent responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece notes that all content from the Daily Caller News Foundation is available for republication with proper attribution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2585759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7406.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3813,5205,5894,15469,71977],"class_list":["post-2585758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-immigration","tag-omar","tag-politics","tag-vance","tag-white-house-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7406.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585762,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585758\/revisions\/2585762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}