Ilhan Omar raises $1.5 million for campaign in two days

The Washington Post reported that generous donations poured into the re-election campaign of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, with her campaign raising $1.5 million in just two days.

Data showed that Omar’s campaign collected about $847,000 on October 12, marking the highest single-day fundraising total of the current election cycle, and added another $665,000 the following day.

According to the Washington Post, Omar announced that her campaign raised a total of about $1.9 million in the first two weeks of the month, while her overall fundraising for the current two-year election cycle has surpassed $8 million.

This surge comes as the Democratic congresswoman faces a federal investigation related to her immigration to the United States, amid escalating political tensions between her and President Donald Trump’s administration, and ahead of the midterm elections scheduled for November 3.

The American newspaper reported that the Homeland Security Investigations unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid on October 12 as part of a federal probe into whether the congresswoman or her late father provided false information on immigration documents submitted after their arrival in the United States in the 1990s.