WASHINGTON (PNN) - May 20, 2026 - Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has introduced legislation designed to ban naturalized U.S. citizens from running for the House and Senate, and from holding any position that requires Senate approval.
Having something like this in place would have prevented people like Ilhan Omar, Pramala Jayapal and others from ever running in the first place.
This is long overdue. It is the type of law that people just kind of assumed already existed but it doesn’t. Every single Republican should get on board with this.
The South Carolina congresswoman singled out Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Shri Thanedar (Ill.) and Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) in announcing her joint resolution to add an amendment to the U.S.
Constitution that would prohibit naturalized U.S. citizens from becoming federal judges, holding Senate-confirmed positions, or serving in the House or Senate.
“All born in foreign countries, none were citizens by birth. All sitting in the United States Congress. All making clear every single day their loyalty is not to America,” Mace said of the trio of Democrat reps.
Mace noted the proposed amendment would impose the “very same standard the president and vice president are already required to meet” on lawmakers and top government officials.
“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,” she argued.
“For too long we have allowed foreign born members to hold seats in this government while making clear they are America last, not America first,” Mace added. “We see it every day.
Lots of people on Twitter/X approve of this idea.
Nancy Mace is right about this and good for her for introducing it.
