‘Say the word’: African territory tells Trump admin it will extradite Ilhan Omar after Vance claims
Vice president claims Democratic congresswoman ‘definitely committed immigration fraud’ to enter the U.S. as a teenager, which her office has branded ‘a ridiculous lie’
Joe Sommerlad
Monday 30 March 2026 05:00 EDT
A small East African territory has told the Trump administration it would willingly assist with the extradition of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar after Vice President JD Vance accused her of committing immigration fraud.
Responding to a clip of a Newsmax interview with Benny Johnson discussing Vance’s accusation against Omar, the semi-autonomous region wrote on X (Twitter): “Deportation? Please you’re just sending the princess back to her kingdom. Extradition? Say the word…”
Johnson, a prominent MAGA influencer, interviewed Vance over the weekend and raised allegations of widespread fraud among the Somali community in Omar’s state – whipped up earlier this year by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley – before turning to the congresswoman herself.
“The president and the White House have been out saying that she married her brother, that there is immigration fraud going on here,” Johnson said. “These are deportable, denaturalization offences, can you give us an update on that?”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ilhan-omar-jd-vance-somaliland-b2948182.html