For example, "Ahmed Nur Said Elmi" implies that Ahmed's father is "Nur," his grandfather is "Said," and his great-grandfather is "Elmi." Also from 2009 until 2017, Ilhan Omar lived with, raised three kids with, and illegally filed multiple joint tax returns with a second man not Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Omar was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 and to Congress in 2018, one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress. 2011: Omar and Elmi end their relationship and divorce in their faith tradition, but do not legally divorce until 2017. The pair go on to have two children. [2] According to Omar, in 2011 she and Elmi had a faith-based divorce and she reconciled with Hirsi, with whom she had a third child in 2012. The results of the. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lists the phrase "Go back to where you came from" as an example of "harassment based on national origin". In 2009, Omar engaged in a civil marriage with Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British citizen, but they separated in 2011 (without obtaining a legal divorce), and Elmi returned to England. Omar, 37, and Hirsi, 39, have three children; her divorce filing requests joint legal and physical custody. [64][65][66], Omar received the largest percentage of the vote of any female candidate for U.S. House in state history,[67] as well as the largest percentage of the vote for a non-incumbent candidate for U.S. House (excluding those running against only minor-party candidates) in state history. Omar, who was born in Somalia in 1982, came to America as a refugee with her father and siblings in 1995 by way of a Kenyan refugee camp and resettled in Minneapolis, where she became a US citizen. She is also one of the first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib) to serve in Congress. [80], Following Omar's election, the ban on head coverings in the U.S. House was modified, and Omar became the first woman to wear a hijab on the House floor. In his honor I am voting for an inspirational ticket over desperate and maddening one", "Rep. Omar filed joint tax returns before she married husband", "Inside Ilhan Omar's tangled web of relationships", "Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar finalizes divorce", "US Rep. Ilhan Omar divorces husband in Minnesota", "Ilhan Omar makes history, becoming first Somali-American elected to U.S. House", "For Democrats, Ilhan Omar Is a Complicated Figure to Defend", "Ilhan Omar is right about the influence of the Israel lobby", "What the controversy over Ilhan Omar's tweets tells us about AIPAC today", "Trump demonized Somali refugees in Minnesota. Ahmed Elmi Osman: Minister for the Interior and Local Governments Ahmed Elmi Osman: Minister of Security Hassan Osman Mahamud Aloore Minister for Finance Shire Haji Farah: Minister for Justice Ismail Mohamed Warsame Minister of Constitution, Federalism and Democracy Sahro Said Nur Minister of Planning and International Relations Ali Ahmed Faatah Elmi has not replied to attempts to contact him by DailyMail.com in the past. Despite being unverified, the post was picked up by Powerline, a blog that "features commentary on the news from a conservative perspective," who reported in a 12 August 2016 post that: A reader has written us to point out that the Somali website Somalispot posted information suggesting Omar's involvement in marriage and immigration fraud. [35] On October 7, 2019, Omar filed for divorce from Hirsi, citing an "irretrievable breakdown" of the marriage. If Omar did marry her brother, she could be found guilty of committing marriage fraud a felony offense punishable with a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of up to $250,000. But experts have said that if the taxpayer files a correction within three years, as Omar's attorney and accountants did in 2016, then there are normally no further consequences, and the Internal Revenue Service is unlikely to pursue punitive measures unless there is a large discrepancy or fraudulent intent. [148] While Senator Cory Booker found her comments "disturbing", he recognized that some of the attacks against her had "anti-Islamic sentiment." [61] Omar won the August 14 primary with 48.2% of the vote. (Screenshot/Power Line) In 2017, she filed for divorce from Elmi and said she hadn't seen him since 2012. "[180] In response to criticisms of her comments, Omar wrote that "No one is defending Maduro" and that opposing US intervention is not the equivalent of supporting the existing leadership of a country. Sign up for notifications from Insider! City Pages. At the meeting, first reported by website The Blaze, the agents discussed concerns the Somali-born Democrat married Elmi, a British citizen rumored to be her brother, so he could obtain a green card and study in America, the source said. Freshman Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who burst into the national spotlight last fall as part of a wave of trailblazing lawmakers in Congress, is divorcing her husband, Ahmed Hirsi, PEOPLE. She then met and married Elmi, a British citizen, in 2009, according to the statement. [123] She compared the movement to people who "engage[d] in boycotts" of apartheid in South Africa. In the speech Omar said, "CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us [Muslims in the U.S.] were starting to lose access to our civil liberties." Prominent progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has for years found herself on the receiving end of a slew of incendiary attacks from former President Donald Trump and other Republicans including persistent but baseless rumors that she married her brother. "Ilhan Omar Offers Answers to Questions About Her Marital History." In 2011, Elmi moved to London (he is a British citizen of Somali descent), Omar and Hirsi got back together and had their third child a year later. When journalist Glenn Greenwald responded that it was remarkable "how much time U.S. political leaders spend defending a foreign nation even if it means attacking free speech rights of Americans", and tagged Omar for a comment, she replied with a quote from a hip hop song, "It's All About the Benjamins", alluding to the $100 bill of that name. If Elmi went to such lengths to commit marriage fraud to stay in the United States, it also doesn't make sense why he did not respond to Omar's multiple attempts to serve him with divorce papers given that she would have presumably been his sponsor for a green card. The evidence uncovered thus far isn't definitive enough to come down on one side or the other. [12][13][14][15], Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 4, 1982,[16][17] and spent her early years in Baidoa, Somalia. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel said it was "deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens" and asked Omar to retract her statement. [188], On April 7, 2019, Patrick Carlineo Jr., was arrested for threatening to assault and murder Omar in a phone call to her office. In addition, some of the claims offered in support of the rumor don't seem to add up. According to internet sleuths, Omar, Elmi and Hirsi all lived together in Fargo, where both she and Elmi studied atNorth Dakota State University. Elmi moved back to London. Given that Omar and her siblings all came to live in the U.S. under identical circumstances as refugees, and that Omar herself became a naturalized U.S. citizen while still a minor, how did one of her siblings end up with such a radically different immigration status that she would have needed to marry him in order to facilitate his U.S. residency application? "Where Can UK Students Study for Free?" [203], At a July 17 campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump made additional comments about The Squad: "They never have anything good to say. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. [252][253] On November 17, 2020, Omar's campaign terminated its contract with Mynett's firm, saying the termination was to "make sure that anybody who is supporting our campaign with their time or financial support feels there is no perceived issue with that support. 17 October 2018. After objections by a number of congressional progressive Democrats, the resolution was amended to include Islamophobia, racism, and homophobia. [45] In November, Omar won the general election, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. [196], Two Republican candidates for congressional office have called for Omar's execution. "[254], In 2020, HarperCollins published Omar's memoir, This Is What America Looks Like, written with Rebecca Paley. What may still be of slightly more interest, is her marriage to her previous husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. I never liked the M sound. Where he lived before he married Omar in 2009 in Minnesota remains a mystery. Jennifer Smith "[106] She also condemned the Assad regime in Syria. [25][99], On July 19, 2022, after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Omar and 17 other members of Congress were arrested in an act of civil disobedience for refusing to clear a street during a protest for reproductive rights outside the Supreme Court Building. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policies qualify immigrants as eligible to apply for permanent residency status (and later become naturalized citizens) if they are the "spouse of a U.S. citizen" or the "brother or sister of a U.S. We sent a list of questions to Omar's spokesman but did not receive responses prior to publication. The FBI is looking into reports that Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) married her brother in order to ease his immigration to the U.S., the New York Post reported on Sunday. For example, "Ahmed Nur Said Elmi" implies that Ahmed's father is "Nur," his grandfather is "Said," and his great-grandfather is "Elmi." Also from 2009 until 2017, Ilhan Omar lived with, raised three kids with, and illegally filed multiple joint tax returns with a second man not Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Also, if Ahmed Elmi were truly Omar's brother, why would he have needed to take the drastic step of marrying her in order to secure a path to U.S. citizenship? [37][34] Omar was a Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs. "[212], Omar has frequently been the target of online hate speech. Both Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage documents and her 2017 divorce proceedings state that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was born on April 4, 1985. [194] In August 2019, she published an anonymous threat she had received of being shot at the Minnesota State Fair, saying that such threats were why she now had security protection. She faced health care worker and conservative activist Jennifer Zielinski in the November 6 general election[63] and won with 78.0% of the vote, becoming the first Somali American elected to the U.S. Congress, the first woman of color to serve as a U.S. Representative from Minnesota,[10] and (alongside former Michigan state representative Rashida Tlaib) one of the first Muslim women elected to the Congress. ", He added: "Whether by colluding with right-wing outlets to go after Muslim elected officials or hounding family members, legitimate media outlets have a responsibility not to fan the flames of hate.". [246] Omar has said that she and Hirsi divorced within their faith tradition in 2008. [255], Support for boycott efforts and other criticisms, Remarks on AIPAC and American support for Israel, 9/11 comments and World Trade Center cover, Omar and Elmi were married in 2009. Because the marriage was never recognized by law, neither is the separation, 2009: Omar marries Ahmed Elmi in Minneapolis, 2010: He enrolls atNorth Dakota State University to study fine art and lives with Omar as well as her first husband, 2011: Omar claims she and Elmi split this year and he went back to the UK. Ahmed Nur Said Elmir. And more important, if Elmi's intention was to enter into a fraudulent marriage with Omar to gain a green card and settle permanently in the United States, it doesn't explain why he left the US and moved back overseas to London just two years after getting married. She has said they had an unofficial, faith-based Islamic marriage. "[220][221][222][223] Some Democratic representatives condemned Trump's retweet, predicting that it would incite violence and hatred. "[172] Omar has criticized the U.S. government's drone assassination program, citing the Obama administration's policy of "droning of countries around the world. The duo was never officially married, at least at the time. Omar married her first husband, Ahmed Hirsi, in an Islamic faith ceremony in 2002 when she was 19, but the couple did not obtain a legal marriage certificate. [85], On January 7, 2021, Omar led a group of 13 House members introducing articles of impeachment against Trump on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors. On August 9, Omar defeated Mohamud Noor and incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary. [227], In November 2021, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert said she had shared an elevator with Omar, and that she and a Capitol Police officer both mistook Omar for a terrorist. "Since before she was elected to office, Ilhan has been the subject of conspiracy theories and false accusations about her personal life," a spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, told the Star Tribune in 2019. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. and The rating on this fact check was changed from "Unproven" to "Unfounded" a rating that Snopes launched after the initial publication of this page based on the absence of demonstrable evidence to support the claim. [107] Omar criticized Trump's decision to impose further sanctions on Iran, saying the sanctions devastated the "country's middle class and increased hostility toward the United States, with tensions between the two countries rising to dangerous levels. Talking to reporters before boarding Marine One, Trump said, "There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. [139] Peter Beinart, after tweeting that the controversy was about "policing the American debate over Israel",[140] thought Omar's statement inaccurate, wrong and irresponsible, but argued that her congressional critics were more "bigoted" on Israeli-Palestinian issues than Omar. Right-leaning blogs have made a sport of digging into Ilhan Omar's personal history, sifting through public records and surfing through social media profiles of people believed to be associated with her, and in so doing they have inevitably surfaced some yet-unanswered questions. ", "Florida Republican condemned for suggesting Ilhan Omar be executed for treason", "Florida Primary Election Results: 13th Congressional District", "Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen", "House Votes To Condemn Trump's 'Racist Comments', "Federal agency: "Go back to where you came from" is discrimination", "Trump slams congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back! [119][120], On November 5, 2021, Omar was one of six House Democrats to break with their party and vote against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act because it was decoupled from the social safety net provisions in the Build Back Better Act. "[35], In June 2019, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled that Omar had to pay back $3,500 that she had spent on out-of-state travel and tax filing in violation of state law, plus a $500 fine. In 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British Somali. "[215][216] According to the study, "Key themes included Muslims as subhumans or 'Trojan horses' seeking to impose Shariah law on America. A large proportion of these trolls were likely bots or automated accounts run by people, organizations or state actors seeking to spread political propaganda and hate speech. In August 2016, shortly after the rumor originally surfaced, then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andy Luger countered news reports by stating in a letter sent to an attorney retained by Omar that his office was not investigating criminal accusations related to these rumors. Omar's statement. Both Democratic and Republican legislators criticized the ban and requested that Israel rescind it. 3. Her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is who Trump was referring to when he made the comment. [18][19] She was the youngest of seven siblings, including sister Sahra Noor. We've seen repeated reports alleging that Elmi and Omar are brother and sister. "[185], On February 4, 2014, Omar was attacked and wounded by multiple attendees during a DFL caucus for Minnesota's House of Representatives District 60B. [83], In July 2019, Omar introduced a resolution co-sponsored by Rashida Tlaib and Georgia Representative John Lewis stating that "all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution". "For someone like me, who left a war-torn country at the age of 8, who got refugee. According to Omar's proffered version of events, she fled the Somalian civil war with her family in 1991 and lived for four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before immigrating to the U.S. in 1995. Bush. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, NOW WATCH: 8 key takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address, amid other Islamophobic attacks and insults against Omar, In a November 17 speech on the House floor, poured more fuel on the fire in a Tuesday statement, released a lengthy statement when she first ran for office in 2016. [192] In December 2019, George Buck, another Republican running for Congress, also suggested that Omar be hanged for treason. [95] Omar supports Bernie Sanders's plan to eliminate all $1.6 trillion in outstanding student debt, funded by an 0.5% tax on stock transactions and a 0.1% tax on bond transactions;[96] she introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives. He has been under intense scrutiny for referring to Omar as a member of a 'squad' of migrant Congresswomen who he told to go back to 'their' countries in a series of tweets over the weekend. 20:43 GMT 18 Jul 2019. The couple had two children. [82] A CBS News and YouGov poll of almost 2,100 American adults conducted from July 17 to 19 found that Republican respondents were more aware of Omar than Democratic respondents. [237], In 2017, Time magazine named Omar among its "Firsts: Women who are changing the world," a special report on 46 women who broke barriers in their respective disciplines, and featured her on the cover of its September 18 issue. In her 2016 statement, Omar said that their . [46] Her term began on January 3, 2017. Elmi was later granted US citizenship, although he was also chastised by the media. [238] Her family was named one of the "five families who are changing the world as we know it" by Vogue in their February 2018 issue featuring photographs by Annie Leibovitz. On July 19, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "I reject [Trump's comments] and stand in solidarity with the congresswomen he targeted. 18 August 2016. The 38-year-olds complicated personal life has been the subject of enduring scrutiny since she was sent to Congress at the 2018 midterm elections. I don't know but I'm sure that somebody would be looking at that,' he said. . "[153] Some Minnesota Jewish and Muslim community leaders later expressed continuing concern about Omar's rhetoric and language and indicated that the issue remained divisive in Omar's district. But the conspiracy is not without holes. Omar eloped with British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009. [124][125] After the election her position changed, as her campaign office told Muslim Girl that she supports the BDS movement despite "reservations on the effectiveness of the movement in accomplishing a lasting solution. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported just before the 2018 midterm elections that: During an interview, Omar showed a reporter cellphone photos of documents from her family's U.S. entry in 1995 after fleeing Somalia's civil war. [248] The divorce was finalized on November 5, 2019. In 2009, she married a man named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she ultimately divorced in 2017. No one named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who is three years younger than Omar, could be seen listed in the documents. "[173][174], In May 2020, Omar signed a letter backed by AIPAC calling for the continuation of the UN embargo against Iran,[175] with her office noting that it was a "narrow ask that we couldnt find anything wrong with." 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. 23 August 2016. Omar has very unfavorable ratings among Republican respondents and favorable ratings among Democratic respondents. The resolution "opposes unconstitutional legislative efforts to limit the use of boycotts to further civil rights at home and abroad", and "urges Congress, States, and civil rights leaders from all communities to endeavor to preserve the freedom of advocacy for all by opposing anti-boycott resolutions and legislation". [29][30][31], Omar's family secured asylum in the U.S. and arrived in New York in 1995,[32][33] then lived for a time in Arlington, Virginia,[25] before moving to and settling in Minneapolis,[25] where her father worked first as a taxi driver and later for the post office. Her three siblings who were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi ." While these allegations haven't been picked. She said, "The face of the Capitol will forever be changed. [10][11] She has been the target of several death threats, as well as derogatory comments by political opponents, including Donald Trump, as a result of her background. [247][2] In 2017, Elmi and Omar legally divorced,[54] and Omar and Hirsi legally married in 2018. What became of Elmi afterwards has remained somewhat of a mystery. [97] In June 2019, Omar and Senator Tina Smith introduced the No Shame at School Act, which would end the marking ofand punishment forstudents with school meal debt. In June 2020, the "defund the police" slogan gained widespread popularity following the murder of George Floyd. [199][200], On July 14, 2019, Trump tweeted that The Squada group that consists of Omar and three other young congresswomen of color, most of whom were born and raised in the U.S.should "go back" to the "places from which they came". And and officials at the university where they studied together say he was enrolled until that year too. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, born Ilhan Nur Said Elmi (born 1983 in Somalia) is the Democratic Party representative from Minnesota's 5th district, previously held by Antifa promoter Keith Ellison.Ilhan Omar is a bigot who previously held a seat on the coveted House Foreign Policy Committee.. A phony anti-establishmentarian, Omar voted in 2021 to make Nancy Pelosi House Speaker. We've received your submission. The couple had two children together from 2002 to 2008. [183][184], In May 2019, Omar said in an interview on Democracy Now! DOCUMENTS SHOW SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER IN IMMIGRATION SCHEME TO ACQUIRE A GREEN CARD WHAT ELSE IS SHE HIDING? "[151] The second round of remarks prompted the Democratic leadership to introduce a resolution condemning antisemitism that did not specifically refer to Omar. Why would Omar commit a federal crime and risk a prison sentence (and possibly her own citizenship status) in order to provide her brother with the opportunity to apply for something he would already have been eligible to seek? [186] She was organizing the event and was a policy aide to Minneapolis City Councilman Andrew Johnson at the time. Here are some of the key points from their report: In 2002, Omar, then 19, religiously married Ahmed Hirsi, but not legally. 27 October 2018. [81], Brian Stelter of CNN Business found that from January to July 2019 Omar had around twice as many mentions on Fox News as on CNN and MSNBC, and about six times the coverage of James Clyburn, a Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. That relationship ended, and Elmi has moved back to England. She recalls gum being pressed into her hijab, being pushed down stairs, and physical taunts while she was changing for gym class. "[106], In 2019, Omar signed a letter led by Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Rand Paul to President Trump asserting that it is "long past time to rein in the use of force that goes beyond congressional authorization" and that they hoped this would "serve as a model for ending hostilities in the futurein particular, as you and your administration seek a political solution to our involvement in Afghanistan. [131], In September 2019, Omar condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to annex the eastern portion of the occupied West Bank known as the Jordan Valley. In late August, Askar announced his withdrawal from the campaign. The same is true of the other three members of the Squad. 4 Unproven rumors claim that Omar married her alleged brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to help with immigration issues [212] Many foreign politicians condemned Trump's comments. [167], In March 2019, Omar addressed a rally in support of a Minnesota bill that would ban gay conversion therapy in the state. In a November 17 speech on the House floor, Boebert called Omar a member of the "Jihad Squad" and referred to Omar's "brother-husband. Why has Elmi not put the matter to rest by coming forward and explaining the nature of his relationship with Omar? Omar said when pushed for answers about their marriage in 2016 that she was 'culturally married' to one of the men while 'legally married' to another. This collaboration garnered almost half a million views. [102], Omar condemned China's treatment of its ethnic Uyghur people. "Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive." Omar is poised to make history as the country's first Somali-American state lawmaker with an expected victory in. ", "From Refugee to St. House Race, Ilhan Omar Looks to Break New Ground", "Minnesota House hopeful calls marriage, fraud claims 'lies', "Editorial: The Minnesota Daily's endorsement for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District", "As Keith Ellison Leaves Congress, One Likely Replacement Faces Criticism for Anti-Israel Views", "Allegations of threats, bullying follow Cedar-Riverside caucus brawl", "Abuse Allegations Loom Over Minnesota Race to Replace Ellison", "Ilhan Omar makes history with victory over long-serving Rep. 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