A Texas Republican lawmaker has blasted out a petition calling for Somali American Rep. Ilhan Omar to be arrested and deported to her birth country, saying the US “would be a much better place if she were to be sent back.

The first-term North Texas Congressman made the inflammatory comments in response to a video of Omar hosting a series of immigration-related workshops.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) is circulating a petition for his supporters to sign to deport a fellow member of Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Gil had previously called on Omar to be deported, arguing she is more loyal to undocumented immigrants in the United States from her native Somalia than to the United States.

Concretely, Rep. Brandon Gill's campaign sent a fundraising email titled "Petition: Deport Ilhan Omar." The text says "we should have never let" the lawmaker, who is Somali Americ