Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation — amid national scrutiny after members of her own Somali community were charged in a massive $1 billion federal welfare-fraud scheme — Ilhan Omar shifted the discussion to immigration rhetoric, claiming that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller uses “white supremacist language” reminiscent of how Nazis spoke about Jews in Germany.

The comments followed a Thanksgiving Day post from Miller arguing that when failed states export large numbers of migrants, they can recreate the dysfunction of their home countries inside the US. When asked about his message, Omar said Miller’s words echo historical hostility toward immigrants, including Jewish refugees and later Irish and Italian arrivals. She insisted that immigrants today, including Somali Americans, are “productive” citizens.

Omar’s appearance comes as prosecutors uncover one of the largest welfare scams in US history, centered in her Minnesota district — a scandal involving widespread theft of federal money earmarked for feeding low-income children. Her community’s deep involvement in the scheme has raised uncomfortable political questions, yet Omar used her airtime to attack Miller and frame the immigration debate around moral condemnation of Trump’s policies.