Nancy Mace proposes ban on naturalized citizens in US government

Source: USA Today

Nancy Mace proposes ban on naturalized citizens in US government

Natalie Neysa Alund
USA TODAY
May 21, 2026, 11:18 a.m. ET

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is pushing to bar naturalized Americans from serving in Congress or other high-levels of the federal government.

A Republican from South Carolina, Mace has unveiled legislation aiming to ban foreign-born U.S. citizens from becoming federal judges and being appointed to Senate-confirmed positions. Mace, 48, called her push a "long overdue joint resolution" for the constitutional amendment.

"This is the very same standard the President and Vice President are already required to meet," Mace, proposing a constitutional amendment for the ban, wrote in an X post on May 20. "The people writing America’s laws, confirming America’s judges, and representing America on the world stage should have one loyalty: America. Not any other country."

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In her post, Mace targeted three current U.S. representatives born outside the United States: Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota born in Somalia; Shri Thaneda, a Democrat from Michigan born in India; and Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington born in India.

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