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Screenshot of false X post from a user with the username “@Milajoy” that reads: “This is Ilhan Omars marriage certificate. It PROVES she married her brother. At this point she's LAUGHING at the American government. DOJ, wipe that smile off her face. Denaturalize and deport her. Now. Today.” Attached is an image of a marriage certificate from 2009 for Ilhan Omar and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. There is no evidence that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is Omar’s brother.

No Evidence Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother

Claim

Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother. 

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Fact

There is no evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota married her brother. 

The marriage certificate in this post is from Omar’s marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009. Unfounded allegations that Elmi is Omar’s brother date back to 2016, but no evidence has ever been provided.

Omar has called the allegations that she committed immigration fraud by marrying her brother “absurd and offensive,” and she has never been charged with a crime.  

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