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In 2024, when the Supreme Court gave presidents immunity, the line here was that no office should be a shield. Federal agents searched Ilhan Omar's home today over immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child. The principle doesn't change with the party.

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Concede the obvious: three weeks before her election, with officials prejudging her on TV, is a terrible way to run a case. And she was a child, so criminal blame isn't hers. But citizenship is a constitutional requirement for her seat, and civil denaturalization has no clock.

12/10/26, 5:27 pm0 reposts0 likes

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Argentina shows where the other road goes. Legislators there have fueros (immunity from arrest), and the Senate never voted to lift Cristina Kirchner's despite a judge's repeated requests. A seat became a shield. Investigate. Then unseal the affidavit.

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Then there's Carlos Menem. In 2018, an appeals court confirmed his 4.5-year sentence for secret salary bonuses paid during his presidency. His Senate fueros meant he never served it. He died a sitting senator in 2021. The seat didn't stop the conviction. It stopped the consequence.