| | Ilhan Nur Said Elmi was born in Somalia in 1983, She, her father, two sisters and two brothers, fled the country in 1991 as a result of an escalating civil war. They stayed in the Dadaab refugee camps of neighboring [[Kenya]] until 1995. The unrelated Omar family, which was granted asylum in the United States, allowed Ilhan's father Nur Said, her genetic sister Sahra, and Ilhan to use false names as members of the Omar family to enter the United States. Ilhan’s three other siblings — under their real names — received asylum in the [[United Kingdom]]. The family was split up, and Ilhan, her father, and sister Sahra relocated to Minnesota. | | Ilhan Nur Said Elmi was born in Somalia in 1983, She, her father, two sisters and two brothers, fled the country in 1991 as a result of an escalating civil war. They stayed in the Dadaab refugee camps of neighboring [[Kenya]] until 1995. The unrelated Omar family, which was granted asylum in the United States, allowed Ilhan's father Nur Said, her genetic sister Sahra, and Ilhan to use false names as members of the Omar family to enter the United States. Ilhan’s three other siblings — under their real names — received asylum in the [[United Kingdom]]. The family was split up, and Ilhan, her father, and sister Sahra relocated to Minnesota. |
| | There is strong evidence to suggest that Ilhan married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to aid Elmi in obtaining U.S. citizenship. The two were married in 2009 and divorced in 2017.<ref>https://alphanewsmn.com/new-evidence-supports-claims-that-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother/</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/official-school-records-support-claims-that-rep-ilhan-omar-d-mn-married-her-brother/</ref> Ilhan then married Hirsi, the father of her three children, in 2018.Ilhan committed tax fraud by jointly filing tax returns with Hirsi for 2014 and 2015 while she was still married to her brother. In addition, false statements made during her 2009 marriage filing and 2017 divorce proceedings constituted perjury.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/new-photos-corroborate-perjury-claims-against-rep-ilhan-omar-as-she-deletes-social-media-evidence/</ref> | | There is strong evidence to suggest that Ilhan married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to aid Elmi in obtaining U.S. citizenship. The two were married in 2009 and divorced in 2017.<ref>https://alphanewsmn.com/new-evidence-supports-claims-that-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother/</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/official-school-records-support-claims-that-rep-ilhan-omar-d-mn-married-her-brother/</ref> Ilhan then married Hirsi, the father of her three children, in 2018.Ilhan committed tax fraud by jointly filing tax returns with Hirsi for 2014 and 2015 while she was still married to her brother. In addition, false statements made during her 2009 marriage filing and 2017 divorce proceedings constituted perjury.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/new-photos-corroborate-perjury-claims-against-rep-ilhan-omar-as-she-deletes-social-media-evidence/</ref> |