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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.

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.

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.