According to reports from the Daily Mail, a Somali community leader named Abdihakim Osman has come forward claiming that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her brother, Ahmed Elmi, to help him gain U.S. citizenship. Osman alleges that Omar confided in friends that this marriage was a strategic move to secure papers for her brother, stating she would “do what she had to do” to keep him in the U.S. This revelation has reignited discussions around Omar’s marital history, which has been a subject of scrutiny and speculation for years.
The Daily Mail article further details Osman’s account, describing how the marriage took place outside the Somali community in Minneapolis to maintain secrecy. The marriage allegedly allowed Elmi to attend North Dakota State University, where Omar had also studied, suggesting that the union was not just for immigration purposes but also for educational benefits. While Omar has previously dismissed these allegations as “baseless, absurd rumors,” the persistence of these claims, coupled with Osman’s direct statements, has kept the controversy alive in public discourse, raising questions about the legal and ethical implications of such actions if true.
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