Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who lived at a Kenyan refugee camp in Garissa, has made history as the first woman to step on the floor of the U.S House of Representatives donning a hijab.
The development came as Democrats were poised to formally abolish a decades-long ban on religious head coverings that many have claimed are discriminatory.
Ilhan was later sworn in as the representative of the fifth district of Minnesota on the Koran while holding Islamic prayer beads.
The representative will now be free to address the House while donning Islamic headgears without having to worry about rules.
Socio-political commentators have hailed the move to abolish the ban on religious head coverings as a demonstration that the U.S is becoming a more tolerant society.