As you know (especially if you’ve been reading the Huckabee Post), Ilhan Omar “derived” her own citizenship from the naturalization of her father, if that did indeed take place. This could only have happened if she were a minor child at the time, younger than 18 years of age. That age limit is absolute, no exceptions for any reason.
But Breccan F. Thies, White House correspondent for The Federalist, reports that the autobiography written by Omar --- if that IS her real name --- suggests she was an adult when her father obtained citizenship in 2000. (We’ll repeat what we said yesterday: the law under which she would have gained citizenship didn’t go into effect until February 2001. We’re still waiting for some of our most highly esteemed legal minds to weigh in on this puzzlement.)
Omar claims her birthday is October 4, 1982. That would make her 17 years old for most of that year. But there are two places in her autobiography which suggest she was born in 1981, which means she was at least 18 during the year in question, legally an adult and ineligible for “derivative” citizenship. She never went through the naturalization process required for an adult.