DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin CONFIRMS Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother: “Something’s Going to Happen”

BREAKING: DHS Secretary Just Confirmed That Rep. Illhan Omar Did Marry Her Brother

“We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States. There may be more to this, possibly some illegal activity."

I asked DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin about… pic.twitter.com/BuZGdpiGjJ

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BREAKING: DHS Secretary Just Confirmed That Rep. Illhan Omar Did Marry Her Brother

“We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States. There may be more to this, possibly some illegal activity.”

I asked DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin about Omar’s further legal and immigration problems and his response: “Something’s Gonna Happen. This is an ongoing investigation.”

“When we move forward it’s not political it’s because you chose to break the nations laws. I don’t make the law as anymore, Im in charge of enforcing the laws. I will not pick and choose which laws to enforce and which I’m not. We are going to enforce all of them regardless of who you are.”

Let’s make it happen, @SecMullinDHS

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Mullin said investigators believe they have reason to continue examining the case but emphasized that no enforcement action would be taken unless evidence supports it.

“If we actually move a case forward, it’s not a political case,” Mullin said. “It’s an actual case because they did things wrong.”

He added that investigators are looking beyond the marriage allegation itself and assessing whether there were broader irregularities associated with the family’s immigration history.

“As a matter of policy, DHS does not comment on specific investigative techniques, ongoing investigations, or potential future actions,” a DHS spokesperson told Newsweek Friday.

The secretary did not provide documentary evidence supporting his assertion that Omar married her brother, nor did he identify any charges under consideration.

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Criminal penalties under federal law for marriage fraud (knowingly entering a marriage to evade immigration laws) can include up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both, under 8 U.S.C. § 1325(c). Additional related charges (e.g., visa fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1546, false statements, conspiracy) can increase exposure. Both the U.S. citizen/petitioner and the foreign national can face these penalties.

Immigration consequences (which can apply even without a criminal conviction, based on a finding of fraud) are often more permanent:

• For a non-citizen who obtained benefits via the marriage: potential revocation of status, deportation/removal, a permanent bar on future immigrant visas or petitions under INA § 204(c), and inadmissibility for fraud/willful misrepresentation.
• A finding of marriage fraud creates a lifetime bar in many cases (limited waivers exist but are discretionary and hard to obtain).

For a naturalized U.S. citizen like Omar (naturalized as a minor in 2000), a conviction or proven fraud tied to obtaining or retaining status could theoretically support denaturalization proceedings if it involved willful material misrepresentation in the citizenship process. This is a high bar requiring clear evidence in federal court and is rare; citizenship is not automatically stripped by a later marriage-fraud conviction. Deportation after denaturalization is possible in theory if underlying grounds exist, but it is not automatic or routine for long-naturalized citizens, especially without proven fraud in the original naturalization.

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