Federal agents search congresswoman's home in criminal investigation

Federal agents searched the Washington home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of a criminal investigation. The agents work for Homeland Security Investigations, which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Justice Department confirmed the search was approved by a court but gave no further details. Sources say the investigation is about immigration documents that Omar's father filled out when she arrived in the United States as a child. Omar came to the US from Somalia at age eight, after fleeing civil war. She spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp before entering the country. She is a Democratic representative from Minnesota and the first Somali American elected to Congress. About a month ago, a White House official had already confirmed that a federal investigation involving Omar was underway.