盖蒂图片社 丽莎·兰伯特 12分钟前 巴拉克·奥巴马表示，众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔仅仅因为她是总统唐纳德·特朗普的直言不讳的批评者，正在接受联邦刑事调查。
Getty Images Lisa Lambert 12 minutes ago Barack Obama has said congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under federal criminal investigation simply because she's an outspoken critic of the President Donald Trump.
“联邦政府的全部力量正在对一名守法的民选官员施加压力，因为她敢于批评总统，”这位前美国总统在X上写道，称该调查“令人震惊”。白宫为该调查辩护，称司法部“专注于恢复法律与秩序”。
"The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president," the former US president wrote on X, calling the probe "so appalling". The White House defended the inquiry, saying the justice department was "focused on restoring law and order".
上周，国土安全部特工作为对其移民身份调查的一部分，搜查了明尼苏达州民主党籍众议员奥马尔位于华盛顿特区的住所。奥马尔出生于索马里，童年时随家人移居美国。
Last week, homeland security agents searched the Minnesota Democrat's Washington DC home as part of an investigation into her immigration status. Born in Somalia, Omar moved to the US with her family as a child.
美国媒体报道称，该调查与她的美国国籍以及她是否在1995年抵达美国时撒谎关于自己的年龄有关。
US media outlets have reported that the probe is tied to her American citizenship and whether she lied about her age when she arrived in the US in 1995.
人们对奥马尔入籍申请中所列年龄是否与她实际出生日期不符提出了质疑。
Questions have been raised about whether the age listed on Omar's citizenship application differed from her actual birth date.
奥巴马在周日的X帖子中表示，她的父亲在她17岁时成为归化公民，而她当时尚未达到法定成年年龄，这使她获得了公民身份。
Obama said in his X post on Sunday that her father became a naturalised citizen when she was 17, and not yet legally an adult, which then gave her citizenship.
“现在政府正积极试图驱逐众议员奥马尔，似乎仅仅基于一个未经证实的理论——即她在父亲归化时实际上是18岁，因此她不是公民，”他写道。
"Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen," he wrote.
“如果这成为新常态，”他补充道，“没有理由相信这会止步于她——或者未来无论哪个党派的总统不会做同样的事。”根据美国公民及移民服务局的规定，在美国境外出生的儿童，只要至少有一位父母是出生或归化公民，或者该儿童未满18岁且是居住在公民父母监护下的合法永久居民，则自动成为美国公民。白宫发言人劳伦·比斯否认该调查具有政治动机。
"If this becomes the new normal," he added, "there's no reason to believe it will stop with her - or that future presidents, in either party, won't do the same." According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, a child born outside of the US automatically becomes a citizen when he or she has at least one parent who is a citizen by birth or naturalisation, or he or she is under the age of 18, and is a lawful permanent resident living in the custody of a citizen parent. White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis denied the investigation was politically motivated.
“与乔·拜登不同，特朗普总统没有将司法部武器化以对付他的政治对手。”她在向BBC发送的电子邮件声明中说。
"Unlike Joe Biden, President Trump has not weaponized the Department of Justice against his political foes," she said in an emailed statement to the BBC.
“司法部专注于恢复法律与秩序，保障美国人民的安全。”特朗普经常主张，针对他在竞选连任期间的联邦刑事调查是出于政治动机。
"The Department is focused on restoring law and order and keeping Americans safe." Trump has often argued that federal criminal investigations against him as he campaigned for re-election were politically motivated.
对奥马尔的调查可能导致司法部试图“取消她的入籍”，即撤销她的公民身份。这需要证明在入籍过程中存在重大虚假陈述。
The investigation into Omar could lead to the justice department seeking to "denaturalise" her, or revoke her citizenship. It would have to prove there were material lies in the naturalisation process.
2023年，共和党人因奥马尔就以色列发表的言论和推文将其从众议院外交事务委员会中除名，这一举动引发了两党的批评。
In 2023, Republicans removed Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for comments and tweets she made about Israel, which drew bipartisan criticism.
奥马尔表示，特朗普多年来一直以“毫无根据的谎言和抹黑运动”针对她，并称此次调查是“他在政治恐吓运动中的最新升级”。
Omar has said that Trump has targeted her for years with "baseless lies and smear campaigns" and called the investigation "the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation".
但特朗普表示，此次调查“与他无关”，同时将奥马尔描述为“一个可怕的人”和“一个爱抱怨的人”。
But Trump has said the investigation had "nothing to do" with him, while describing Omar as a "terrible person" and a "complainer".
联邦特工据称在一周前的突袭中没收了她的手机、电脑、笔记本和护照。
Federal agents reportedly seized her phone, computers, notebooks and passport in the raid a week ago.
她的律师要求政府归还她的财物。CBS新闻（BBC的美国合作伙伴）报道称，他们在周五发送的一封信中主张，财物的没收违反了一名法官为保护她作为联邦立法者的工作而设定的限制。
Her lawyers have demanded the government return her belongings, CBS News, the BBC's US partner, has reported, arguing in a letter sent on Friday that the seizure of property had violated restrictions put in place by a judge to protect her work as a federal lawmaker.
律师们还称，特工未能及时通知奥马尔或众议院总法律顾问将进行搜查，并且阻止她联系她的律师超过一小时，据CBS报道。
The lawyers also alleged agents did not duly notify Omar or the House of Representatives general counsel that a search would be taking place and kept her from contacting her attorney for more than an hour, according to CBS.
民主党人将此次突袭描述为总统试图干涉政府的立法部门。与此同时，共和党人表示，奥马尔应在法律面前像其他任何人一样受到对待。
Democrats characterised the raid as the president attempting to interfere with the legislative branch of government. Republicans, meanwhile, have said Omar should be treated the same as anyone else under the law.
奥巴马首次参加总统竞选，并在其两届白宫任期内，特朗普反复质疑他的公民身份，声称他并非在美国本土出生，因而不具备担任公职的资格。奥巴马随后公布了两份证明他出生于夏威夷的记录。奥巴马在周日的X帖子中并未提及这段历史。
When Obama first ran for president, and throughout his two terms in the White House, Trump repeatedly raised questions about his citizenship, asserting he was not born on American soil and was disqualified from serving in office. Obama released two records proving he had been born in Hawaii. Obama did not mention that history in his X post on Sunday.