House Republican fundraises with petition to deport Ilhan Omar

Driving the news: In a fundraising email titled "Petition: Deport Ilhan Omar," Rep. Brandon Gill's (R-Texas) campaign wrote that "we should have never let Ilhan Omar into our country."

• "And frankly, America would be a much better place if she were to be sent back to Somalia," the email continues, according to a copy obtained by Axios.
• "The time has come to arrest and deport Ilhan Omar," it says, "sign my petition and let's send her back to Somalia where she belongs."

Zoom out: Gill homed in last week on a video of Omar advising Somalis in her district that they are "not obligated" to answer questions from ICE and urging them to "learn the laws and prepare yourself."

• Gill's fundraising email on Tuesday accused Omar of "facilitating a full-scale invasion of our country," adding, "A normal society would refer to that as treason..."
• A spokesperson for Gill did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The other side: "It is truly disgusting that members of the Republican party feel emboldened to engage in racist and quite frankly fascist remarks," Omar said in a statement.

• Omar came to the U.S. as a refugee during the Somali Civil War in 1995 and became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
• "Representative Gill's attempt to clout chase by threatening to deport a legal US citizen because you disagree with them is directly out of Donald Trump's fascist playbook," she added.
• "I hope Representative Gill learns a thing or two about the value immigrants bring to this country and stop threatening Americans that disagree with him."