Trump administration reportedly building case to deport Rep. Ilhan Omar

The Trump administration is working to assemble a case that could strip Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of her US citizenship and lead to her deportation, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials and people familiar with the investigation. According to the newspaper, investigators are examining the circumstances under which Omar obtained citizenship after she arrived in the United States from Somalia in 1995.

The report emerged days after the Department of Justice subpoenaed members of Omar's family and carried out a search of her home earlier this week. The subpoenas and the search were confirmed in the same reporting, which Breaking The News cited in its account of the developments.

Omar, a Democrat, has served in the US House of Representatives and is one of the most prominent Somali-American figures in American politics. She came to the United States as a refugee in 1995, according to the reporting on her background.

The effort described by The Wall Street Journal would represent an unusual step against a sitting member of Congress, whose citizenship status has previously been the subject of political dispute. The newspaper's account relies on unnamed US officials and people familiar with the investigation, and no formal action to revoke her citizenship has been announced.

It is not clear from the reporting what stage the inquiry has reached or what evidence investigators have gathered. Neither the White House nor the Department of Justice has publicly detailed the status of any case involving Omar.