Proposed Amendment Seeks to Ban Foreign-Born Citizens from Congress
Washington D.C., Wednesday, 20 May 2026.
A newly proposed constitutional amendment seeks to ban naturalized citizens from federal office. Strikingly, if ratified, this sweeping legislation would unseat 19 current foreign-born members of Congress.
Expanding the ‘Natural-Born’ Requirement
On May 20, 2026, Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, scheduled the introduction of the joint resolution driving this initiative [alert! ‘Resolution introduction planned for today, exact filing status unconfirmed’][1][2][3]. The measure aims to expand the existing constitutional mandate that currently applies only to the United States President and Vice President [2]. If passed, the amendment would require all members of Congress, federal judges, and Senate-confirmed appointees to be natural-born American citizens [1][2].