Federal investigators have questioned Sahra Noor, the older sister of Rep. Ilhan Omar, in connection with the immigration fraud probe at the center of last week's dramatic pre-dawn raid on the Minnesota congresswoman's Washington, D.C. home, Fox News Digital has learned.
Three sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News Digital that Noor voluntarily spoke with investigators following the Monday morning raid on the residence Omar shares with her husband. The scope of that conversation has not been disclosed.
The revelation comes as the investigation into Omar's citizenship paperwork widens. Homeland Security Investigations, the chief investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, executed a search warrant at Omar's home at approximately 6 a.m. last Monday. Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that investigators are examining whether the lawmaker or her father falsified information on her citizenship application.
During the raid, agents seized Omar's personal phone, passport and computer, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal. Over the weekend, Omar's attorneys demanded that the Justice Department return some of the seized property.
The New York Times reported that roughly a dozen people, including members of Omar's family, have been subpoenaed in the case.
Border czar Tom Homan said over the weekend that if the allegations are substantiated, they could result in Omar's denaturalization — a legal process that would strip her of the U.S. citizenship she has held since childhood and raise questions about her eligibility to hold federal office.
Noor, like her sister, came to the United States as a child fleeing civil war in Somalia. According to her LinkedIn page, she currently lives in Kenya but has been in the country promoting her new book, "Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story." A speaking event scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at the University of Minnesota Rochester was promoted online by Garden Party Books, a local bookstore that described itself as a "proud supporter" of the event alongside the university and the Rochester Public Library.
A representative from Garden Party Books told Fox News Digital last week that the event was canceled because Noor had a "family emergency." It has since been confirmed that during that same period she was speaking with federal investigators.
Omar has not been seen publicly since the raid. Fox News posted on X that the sister had been questioned: "EXCLUSIVE: Federal investigators questioned Rep. Ilhan Omar's older sister shortly after agents raided the congresswoman's Washington, D.C., home." An Instagram post circulating this week purported to show coverage of the DHS raid on the congresswoman's residence, though the post itself provided no additional verified detail.
The probe places Omar, a sitting member of Congress from Minnesota, at the center of one of the most significant federal immigration investigations in recent memory. Agents are focused on whether false statements were made during the naturalization process — an offense that, if proven, can lead to revocation of citizenship and criminal referral.
The questioning of Noor suggests investigators are pursuing family members who may have knowledge of the paperwork submitted on Omar's behalf decades ago. Whether Noor's conversation with investigators will lead to additional subpoenas or testimony has not been disclosed.
The case has also drawn attention to the timing of the raid and the scope of the seizure. Taking a sitting lawmaker's passport and personal electronics marks an aggressive step by HSI, and Omar's legal team has already pushed back on the department's authority to retain the items.
It is not yet known whether Omar herself has been interviewed by investigators, or whether she will face a formal request for testimony. Calls to her congressional office were not immediately returned.
Our Take
For years, Ilhan Omar has built a national profile on attacking this country and the institutions that allowed her family to resettle here. Now the feds are asking whether the paperwork that made her a citizen was truthful. That is not a partisan talking point. It is the question a search warrant signed by a federal judge rests on.
The quiet detail here matters more than the raid itself: Sahra Noor was questioned by investigators just days after federal agents walked out of her sister's D.C. home with a phone, a passport and a computer. Family members are now talking to the government. A dozen subpoenas have gone out. That is what an investigation looks like when it is not being managed by people who owe the congresswoman a favor.
Republicans in Congress should be demanding public answers about the status of this probe — not because they want to score points, but because the American people deserve to know whether a sitting representative obtained her citizenship through fraud. And every voter in Minnesota's Fifth District should be asking the same thing.
If the allegations are false, Omar should step forward publicly and clear her name. Her silence since the raid has been deafening. Patriots should be watching closely — and asking why a congresswoman whose family is now speaking with federal investigators still refuses to speak to the country she represents.
