President Donald Trump shared a report Sunday detailing ICE’s refusal to release records related to allegations involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, with the agency saying disclosure could interfere with “enforcement proceedings,” though the response did not establish that Omar herself is currently the target of such proceedings.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom.
President Donald Trump on Sunday drew new attention to a long-running controversy involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., by sharing a report about Immigration and Customs Enforcement records tied to allegations that she committed immigration fraud.
Trump reposted a Just the News report detailing ICE’s refusal to release records sought under the Freedom of Information Act concerning any investigations into claims that Omar married a relative to help him remain in the United States.
The president did not add personal commentary to the post, but his decision to amplify the report renewed scrutiny of the allegations and ICE’s explanation for withholding the requested material.
Trump also shared the article through his Truth Social account.
According to Just the News, the outlet filed a FOIA request in January seeking records pertaining to any ICE investigation into allegations that Omar, who represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, married a relative for immigration purposes.
Omar has repeatedly denied the allegations.
No court records, DNA evidence or other documentary proof has established that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom Omar was legally married to from 2009 through 2017, was her biological brother.
ICE nevertheless declined to release the requested records.
“ICE has determined that the information you requested is being withheld in full pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A). Disclosure of any responsive records at this time could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings,” the agency told Just the News in May.
The FOIA exemption cited by ICE applies to law-enforcement records whose release could interfere with an active or prospective enforcement matter.
“The FOIA exemption cited by the agency ‘applies to records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes when their release could disrupt such proceedings,’” the report stated.
ICE’s response does not, by itself, establish that Omar is personally subject to an active enforcement action. It indicates that the agency determined releasing any responsive records could interfere with enforcement proceedings connected to the material being sought.
Trump has repeatedly raised the allegation that Omar “married her brother” and has accused her of immigration fraud.
“She married her brother in order to get in, right? She married her brother. Can you imagine if Donald Trump married his sister?” Trump said on one occasion.
At a rally in December 2025, Trump went further.
“We ought to get her the hell out,” the president said.
The controversy has followed Omar for years and has remained politically potent because of her prominence as a member of the progressive group of House Democrats commonly known as “the Squad.”
Omar came to the United States from Somalia and later became a U.S. citizen before winning election to Congress.
The latest development centers not on newly released evidence establishing the underlying marriage allegation, but on ICE’s decision to withhold records while invoking a law-enforcement exemption tied to ongoing or potential proceedings.
Trump’s repost brought that distinction into the national political spotlight, reviving questions about what records ICE possesses, what proceeding the agency believes could be disrupted by disclosure and whether any formal action involving Omar or another person is underway.
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