NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s older sister was questioned by federal investigators last week in connection with an immigration fraud investigation against the congresswoman, Fox News Digital has learned. Three sources familiar with the investigation said Sahra Noor voluntarily spoke to investigators after Monday morning’s high-profile raid on the residence Omar shares with her husband in Washington, D.C. The extent of the conversation Noor had with investigators is unclear. Like Omar, Noor came to the United States as a child. fleeing the civil war in Somalia. He currently lives in Kenya, according to his LinkedIn page, but has been in the United States promoting his new book, “Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story.” The House lawmaker’s sister canceled a stop in Minnesota during her book tour last week amid fallout from the raid and subsequent interview with authorities. Omar, left, in a printed hijab and green scarf. Ilhan Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, speaking at an event at the University of Minnesota in 2016. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images; University of Minnesota) The book event, which was scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the University of Minnesota Rochester, was promoted online by Garden Party Books, a local bookstore that listed itself as a “proud supporter” of the event along with the university and the Rochester Public Library. A representative for Garden Party Books told Fox News Digital last week that the event was canceled because Noor had a “family emergency.” It is now revealed that she was questioned by federal investigators last week. Omar’s DC home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the main investigative agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), around 6 a.m. last Monday. Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that the agency executed a search warrant in connection with an immigration fraud investigation. Specifically, they are investigating whether the legislator or her father falsified information when completing her citizenship process. ILHAN OMAR’S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING INVESTIGATIONS THAT THROWN THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIST INTO CHAOS Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on October 12, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The search is reportedly part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images) Border czar Tom Homan revealed over the weekend that if the allegations are proven, they could lead to Omar’s denaturalization. During the raid, Omar’s personal phone, passport and computer were seized, The Wall Street Journal reported last week. And Omar’s lawyers demanded over the weekend that the Justice Department return some of the property seized by HSI. Additionally, The New York Times reported that about a dozen people, including Omar’s relatives, have been subpoenaed in the case. Omar has not been seen publicly since before the raid, although her husband has been seen several times walking their dog, taking out the trash and talking outside the house with one of the congresswoman’s aides. Omar has not responded to repeated requests for comment from Fox News Digital, but she did react publicly to the raid on social media. US President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, July 20, 2026. (REUTERS) “This Trump DHS raid is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the use of weapons by federal law enforcement to target political enemies,” he said in a statement released in X hours after the feds arrived at his home. LINKED TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD INVESTIGATION “For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly attacked Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back,” the post continues. “Now, those attacks have become a useless federal raid. The congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies.” In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital last Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said the investigation is not politically motivated. “We don’t want to be like the Biden administration. We never want to be like that, where they would allow the law to go after their political opponents,” he said. ILHAN OMAR RAID TAKES GOP TEACHING REMINDER ON RAIDS OF THE PAST: ‘SETTING THE PRECEDENT’ “We really want to let the law and the facts drive this,” he continued. “And if justice requires that something more be done, then of course we will take a step when necessary.” Fox News Digital reached out to Noor but did not receive a response before publication. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP Omar’s attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Peter D’Abrosca is a political reporter for Fox News Digital.
