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'''Ilhan Abdullahi Omar''' (born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|MN|5}} since 2019. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name="Golden Nov 2018">{{Cite news |last=Golden |first=Erin |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Ilhan Omar makes history, becoming first Somali-American elected to U.S. House |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis, Minn. |url=https://www.startribune.com/ilhan-omar-becomes-first-somali-american-elected-u-s-house/499708271/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202211254/http://www.startribune.com/ilhan-omar-becomes-first-somali-american-elected-u-s-house/499708271/ |archive-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref> Before her election to Congress, Omar served in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] from 2017 to 2019, representing part of [[Minneapolis]]. Her congressional district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its [[Inner suburb|first-ring suburbs]].
Omar serves as deputy chair of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] and has advocated for a [[Fight for $15|$15 minimum wage]], [[universal healthcare]], [[Student loan default in the United States|student loan debt forgiveness]], the protection of [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]], and [[Abolish ICE|abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)]]. <!-- Users who edit the following sentence must be signed into an account and have at least 500 edits and 30 days' tenure. See WP:ARBPIA4. -->A frequent critic of Israel, Omar supports the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) movement and has denounced Israel's [[Israeli settlement|settlement policies]] and [[Gaza–Israel conflict|military campaigns]] in the occupied [[Palestinian territories]], as well as the influence of [[Israel lobby in the United States|pro-Israel lobbies]] in American politics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/politics/ilhan-omar-democrats.html|title=For Democrats, Ilhan Omar Is a Complicated Figure to Defend|last=Stolberg|first=Sheryl Gay|date=April 16, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 23, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203024051/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/politics/ilhan-omar-democrats.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/13/ilhan-omar-is-right-about-the-influence-of-the-israel-lobby|title=Ilhan Omar is right about the influence of the Israel lobby|last=Kotch|first=Alex|date=February 13, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 24, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224102812/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/13/ilhan-omar-is-right-about-the-influence-of-the-israel-lobby|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/02/12/what-the-controversy-over-ilhan-omars-tweets-tells-us-about-aipac-today/|title=What the controversy over Ilhan Omar's tweets tells us about AIPAC today|last=Sasley|first=Brent|date=February 12, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 24, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225073010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/02/12/what-the-controversy-over-ilhan-omars-tweets-tells-us-about-aipac-today/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2023, the Republican-controlled House voted to remove Omar from her seat on the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Foreign Affairs Committee]], citing past comments she had made about Israel and concerns over her objectivity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schapitl |first=Lexie |date=February 2, 2023 |title=House Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153472237/ilhan-omar-foreign-affairs-committee-vote-republicans-remove |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=[[NPR]] |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612033503/https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153472237/ilhan-omar-foreign-affairs-committee-vote-republicans-remove |url-status=live }}</ref>
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