Trump Moves to Strip Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Citizenship
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The Trump administration is reportedly seeking to strip Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of her US citizenship and deport her. Critics call this a severe abuse of power.
Omar, the first Somali American in Congress, has faced years of attacks from Donald Trump. He has called her "garbage," suggested without evidence that she married her brother, and said she "should be thrown the hell out of our country."
Trump claims Omar is "unpatriotic" and "disrespectful to Israel." But the intensity of his attacks on the congresswoman has raised questions about his motives.
Omar fled war-torn Somalia as a child and became a naturalized US citizen at age 17. Trump's supporters have echoed his calls to deport her.
The administration's reported effort to revoke her citizenship marks a sharp escalation in Trump's long-running campaign against Omar.