This is a humanitarian crisis inflicted by our own leadership," she said. Omar "was living with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, throughout her entire legal marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, contradicting the story she tells to explain her multiple marriages," the Washington Examiner reported Sunday based on an extensive review of local records such as speeding tickets that display addresses. 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. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Trump to "take down his disrespectful and dangerous video" and asked the U.S. Capitol Police to increase its protection of Omar. USA Today. He married Omar in a legal ceremony in Minnesota in 2009. , updated [196], Two Republican candidates for congressional office have called for Omar's execution. "[108], In October 2019, Omar voted "present" on H.Res. [169] In June 2019, she participated in Twin Cities Pride in Minnesota. Associated Press. She legally wed Hirsi just months later right in time before she was sworn into office in 2018. [22] She and her family fled Somalia to escape the Somali Civil War and spent four years in a Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, near the Somali border. By Yet when Mr. Nur Omar Mohamed passed away in June from COVID-19 complications, an outpouring of support from the Somali community wrote his name as "Nur Said Elmi." That is significant because the man Omar was married to from 2009 until 2017 was named "Ahmed Nur Said Elmi." The evidence uncovered thus far isn't definitive enough to come down on one side or the other. That same year, the National Legal and Policy Center alleged in a complaint, which was rejected . The couple had two children. Omar and Elmi split two years later in 2011 and the freshman lawmaker got back together with Hirsi and they had a third child. The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said the first-term congresswoman also must pay the state a $500 . At one point, they were. [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. [12][13][14][15], Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 4, 1982,[16][17] and spent her early years in Baidoa, Somalia. [121][122], While she was in the Minnesota legislature, Omar was critical of the Israeli government and opposed a law intended to restrict the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In short, he claimed to simply be a . At an October 2019 rally in Omar's district in Minneapolis, Trump praised the work of conservative blogger Scott Johnson, who authors the Power Line blog. As reported by Business Insider here , there is no hard evidence that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who she legally married in 2009 based on her statement, ( here) is her brother or that Omar committed fraud. [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. Stop relying on them", "Trump, Pelosi and other US lawmakers express condolences, condemn Sri Lanka bombings", "Democrat Ilhan Omar refuses to back historic US House resolution on 'Armenian genocide', "Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed for abstaining on Armenian Genocide Resolution", "Minnesota Armenians upset U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar didn't support measure recognizing genocide", "Ilhan Omar Refuses to Back Turkey Armenian Genocide Vote, Demands Slave Trade and Slaughter of Native Americans Also Be Acknowledged", "U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar calls Armenian genocide 'an injustice' after not supporting resolution", "Omar alluded to controversial Armenian genocide vote during Sanders rally", "Ilhan Omar Rebukes Barack Obama for 'Caging of Kids' and 'Droning of Countries Around the World', "Rep. Ilhan Omar criticizes Obama and past presidents' 'really bad policies', "Ilhan Omar says Donald Trump is "really not" human, "silly" to compare him to Barack Obama", "The four House Democrats who voted against the border funding bill", "These 6 House Democrats voted against the infrastructure bill. That's why I say, 'Hey if you don't like it, let 'em leave, let 'em leave'", and "I think in some cases they hate our country". No hard evidence like a birth certificate or other legal documents has surfaced to prove that Elmi is Omar's brother or that any fraud was committed. [27][28] Her grandfather Abukar was the director of Somalia's National Marine Transport, and some of Omar's uncles and aunts also worked as civil servants and educators. "[94], Omar supports broader access to student loan forgiveness programs, as well as free tuition for college students whose family income is below $125,000. [159][160] Less than two hours before the ban, President Trump tweeted that Israel allowing the visit would "show great weakness" when Omar and Tlaib "hate Israel & all Jewish people". 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. Instead, they wed in a traditional Muslim ceremony and had two children before splitting up in 2008, Omar has said. After objections by a number of congressional progressive Democrats, the resolution was amended to include Islamophobia, racism, and homophobia. 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 "For someone like me, who left a war-torn country at the age of 8, who got refugee status to come to America, where in the world am I finding a sibling 15 years, 20 years later to seek to do what people accuse me of?" The next year, the congresswoman married Elmi, who she described as a British citizen on their marriage license. ", "Venezuela special envoy, Rep. Omar have contentious exchange over human rights", "Ilhan Omar says US 'helped lead devastation in Venezuela' through regime change sanctions", "Caucus battle delayed by scuffle resumes tonight", "Rep. Ilhan Omar on hit list of Coast Guard lieutenant arrested last week", "Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar hours after a supporter was charged with threatening to kill her", "Trump under fire over Islamophobia after man threatens to kill Ilhan Omar", "Steuben Co. man accused of threatening Rep. Omar placed on home detention", "Ilhan Omar's Republican opponent banned from Twitter over 'hanging' post", "Man Who Threatened to 'Put a Bullet' in Rep. Omar Pleads Guilty", "Ilhan Omar has had spike in death threats since Trump attack over 9/11 comment", "Ilhan Omar Accuses Trump of Putting Her Life in Danger After He Retweets False Claim She Partied on 9/11", "Are the Republicans trying to get Ilhan Omar killed? 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. Omar said that relationship ended in 2011 and the two divorced in their faith tradition, but Omar didn't take legal action to divorce him until 2017. [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. 23 August 2016. I don't know but I'm sure that somebody would be looking at that,' he said. Instead, Omar maintained, she and Hirsi were married in their Muslim "faith tradition.". Right-wing bloggers claimed that Omar is married to two men for immigration fraud purposes, and one of them, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. He even possessed a high school diploma from the United States: Elmi attended a St. Paul, Minnesota high school for his senior. ", 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.". [48][49] She authored 38 bills during the 20172018 legislative session. 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. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was married to a man named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (as referenced here), but there is no evidence of a connection to the name "Esmi". 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. 2009: Omar, at 26, marries Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, 23, whom she identifies only as a "British citizen." School records show he attended high school in St. Paul and studied art at North Dakota State University. [113] In November, after her controversial vote, Omar publicly condemned the Armenian genocide at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The controversy continues in the statements Omar made in the divorce documents. "Scott reports that his sources told him, that Omar's legal husband was Omar's brother, and that she married him for fraudulent purposes, you mean like, coming into the United States maybe?". 2012: Omar and Hirsi have their third child. He still works as a freelance copywriter and editor and while based in London, travels the world. No news outlets have been able to independently verify their authenticity or make contact with Elmi or any of Omar's family members who could confirm that he and Omar are not related. Omar said she is in the process of legally. 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. The other members of "The Squad" are Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "[126][127][124] Omar has voiced support for a two-state solution to resolve the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. He is a member of the ninth Ward Minneapolis City Council and is in command of the Alonda Cano Police Station. [244], On October 19, 2020, Omar joined Ocasio-Cortez, Disguised Toast, Jacksepticeye, and Pokimane in a Twitch stream playing the popular game Among Us, encouraging streamers to vote in the 2020 election. [123] Then-The New York Times columnist Bari Weiss wrote that Omar's statement tied into a millennia-old "conspiracy theory of the Jew as the hypnotic conspirator". Netanyahu also cited Omar and Tlaib listing their destination as Palestine instead of Israel, claiming he thus viewed their visit as an attempt to "hurt Israel and increase its unrest". "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. Omar's political skills no matter to whom she is (or was) married are remarkable. [212] Many foreign politicians condemned Trump's comments. The rumor that Elmi is her brotherfirst emerged on a Somali forum where critics said both Elmi and Omar had the same father because his name was the same. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. And and officials at the university where they studied together say he was enrolled until that year too. Persistent claims that leftist congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her own brother to get around US immigration laws may be legitimized by what appears to be a conclusive DNA test. Omar eloped with British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009. [240], The 2018 documentary film Time for Ilhan (directed by Norah Shapiro, produced by Jennifer Steinman Sternin and Chris Newberry) chronicles Omar's political campaign. I never liked the M sound. [130] When asked in an interview how she would respond to American Jews who found the remark offensive, Omar replied: "I don't know how my comments would be offensive to Jewish Americans. Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive. [248] The divorce was finalized on November 5, 2019. Here are some of the key points from their report: In 2002, Omar, then 19, religiously married Ahmed Hirsi, but not legally. 17 October 2018. ", In response to the rumor, Omar issued a statement in 2016 describing the issue as one based on "a difficult part of my personal history that I did not consider relevant in the context of a political campaign," and she labeled accusations that her former husband was also her brother "absurd and offensive. They didn't succeed in stopping the functions of democracy, but I do believe they succeeded in ending the openness of our democracy. 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. In 2016, when it looked like Ilhan Omar stood a good chance of becoming the first Somali-American elected to the Minnesota state House of Representatives, rumors swirled that she had married her brother in an illegal effort to facilitate his obtaining U.S. citizenship status. Omar initially denied the split, but one source in the Minneapolis Somali community said the pair broke up months before and claimed Omar was privately lobbying Hirsi to divorce her. Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 and later said the two obtained a divorce in their Muslim faith tradition albeit not a legal one in 2011. Omar said. The couple legally divorced in 2017. In 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British Somali. In the thread, which has since been deleted from Somali Spot but remains online elsewhere, AbdiJohnson claimed that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, from whom Omar was then separated, was secretly her. She responded to Netanyahu that she had intended to meet members of Israel's legislative Knesset and Israeli security officials. In 2017, Elmi and Omar legally divorced, and Omar and Hirsi legally married in 2018. Black Lives Matter and other activists used the phrase to call for police budget reductions and a plan to delegate certain police responsibilities to other organizations. Omar's father Mohamed, is living in the US. In response, Buck was removed from the National Republican Congressional Committee's Young Guns program. [38][39][40], Omar began her professional career as a community nutrition educator at the University of Minnesota, working in that capacity from 2006 to 2009 in the Greater MinneapolisSaint Paul area. 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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. 2011: Omar and Elmi end their relationship and divorce in their faith tradition, but do not legally divorce until 2017. "Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: Just Deal.'" Forliti, Amy. Ilhan then married British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, allegedly to help him earn a US citizenship. "Everything about Omar is a fraud, including her name," Trump said at the rally. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Minneapolis where he was living in a public housing complex and was later evicted. 2011: Omar and Elmi end their relationship and divorce in their faith tradition, but do not legally divorce until 2017. The same is true of the other three members of the Squad. [132] Omar said Israelis should not vote for Netanyahu in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election. 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