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Rep. Ilhan Omar and Trump clash at State of the Union over immigration, fraud

Trump linked immigration to fraud and corruption, provoking heated exchanges with Democrats during a record-long State of the Union address focused on enforcement and funding disputes.

  • Representative Seth Moulton brought Marcelo Gomes da Silva, who overstayed his student visa, as his guest to President Trump's State of the Union address and hid him in his office after Gomes was publicly identified by the Department of Homeland Security as an illegal immigrant.
  • Marcelo Gomes da Silva attended the State of the Union but left early following the DHS announcement and returned to Moulton's office to watch the remainder of the speech.
  • During the address, Representative Ilhan Omar and others vocally clashed with President Trump over immigration policy, leading to a heated exchange.
  • President Trump accused Minnesota's Somali community of widespread fraud and linked unrestricted immigration to corruption and crime, while Representative Omar defended the Somali American population's contributions.
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"You have killed Americans": Ilhan Omar tries to silence Trump's attacks on immigration By Adam Cancryn, CNN During the first hour of President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Democrats in the House remained largely faithful to his plan: to remain in a sepulchral and defiant silence.But once Trump started attacking immigrants, that strategy came to nothing.

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