CRUZ TO OMAR: PROVE IT OR PACK YOUR BAGS—FRAUD, INCEST, AND DEPORTATION ON THE TABLE

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has launched a stark legal threat against progressive “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), asserting she could face years in prison, massive fines, and even deportation if long-circulated allegations that she once married her brother to fraudulently obtain U.S. citizenship are proven true. Cruz, in a detailed social media post, outlined a trio of potential criminal charges including federal marriage fraud—a felony carrying up to five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine—Minnesota state incest statutes, and tax fraud. His remarks came directly after former President Donald Trump reignited the unproven claim at a Pennsylvania rally, asking the crowd, “She married her brother to get in, right?” and declaring she should “get the hell out” if the allegation is substantiated.

The explosive charges center on Omar’s 2009 legal marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, which she has repeatedly denied was to a sibling, stating they divorced in 2017. Omar, who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia and became a citizen in 2000, has called the claims “disgusting lies” and politically motivated. Cruz, however, contends that if proven, the scenario would constitute a clear violation of immigration law intended to “evade…provisions of immigration law,” triggering potential deportation proceedings regardless of her current elected office. Omar’s camp did not immediately respond to request for comment, leaving the severe legal warnings hanging over a controversy that has shadowed the congresswoman for nearly a decade and now escalates to its most serious legal confrontation yet.