African nation calls for Ilhan Omar to be extradited after Vance's fraud claim

The Republic of Somaliland, a partially recognized state in the Horn of Africa, reacted in a post on X to the claim that Vance made in a podcast interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson.

"Deportation? Please you're just sending the princess back to her kingdom. Extradition? Say the word …" the post read.

In the interview, Vance said he has spoken with White House immigration advisor Stephen Miller about potential legal action against Omar, saying, "We think Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America."

"He needs serious help," Omar wrote on X at the time. "Since he has no economic policies to tout, he's resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead."

Omar's Chief of Staff, Connor McNutt, told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement that the vice president's claim is a "ridiculous lie."

"This is rich coming from someone who literally said they were willing to 'create stories' to redirect the media," the statement said. "This is a ridiculous lie and desperate attempt to distract from the pedophile protection party's unpopular war of choice, increasing gas prices, and rapidly dropping polling numbers."

While most in the international community, including the U.S., do not recognize Somaliland as an independent country, Israel became the first U.N. member state to recognize the self-declared state.

Fox News Digital's Emma Bussey contributed to this report.