Nancy Mace proposes ban on naturalized citizens in US government
Source: USA Today
Updated May 21, 2026, 3:01 p.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."
Mace's push comes as multiple courts across the nation have issued decisions on birthright citizenship after President Donald Trump's February executive order directing federal agencies not to recognize the citizenship of babies born in the United States if neither parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/21/nancy-mace-ban-naturalized-citizens-federal-office/90193034007/
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Most of it is cultural/financial. The issue is that the courts really don't seem like they want to get involved in a lot of the cases of this type. They are messy and can lead to some serious 'piranha pool' from social media if one word can be used against the judges or the lawyers.
I remember in class when we were taught about the 'caste' system in school. I remember thinking to myself, 'Actually, we do have the same thing here, despite the teacher's loud proclamations that we don't.'.
That was 50 years ago. It has basically not changed since then. 
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