Ilhan Omar's journey to America revealed: Four-day voyage on wooden boats from Africa left hundreds dead. Shocking account sheds new light on mysteries at heart of immigration probe

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Ilhan Omar's family risked a four-day sea voyage that killed scores of others to escape Somalia's civil war on the first leg of their journey to America, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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