{"id":2514,"date":"2026-05-23T03:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T00:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/foreign-born-reps-slam-ban-on-migrant-federal-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T03:58:16","slug":"foreign-born-reps-slam-ban-on-migrant-federal-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/foreign-born-reps-slam-ban-on-migrant-federal-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign-Born Reps Slam Ban on Migrant Federal Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mace announced her initiative this week via social media, specifically naming three Democratic colleagues: <strong>Ilhan Omar<\/strong> of Minnesota, <strong>Shri Thanedar<\/strong> of Michigan, and <strong>Pramila Jayapal<\/strong> of Washington State. All three were born outside the United States and are naturalized American citizens. Mace argued that <em>&#8220;all making clear every single day their loyalty is not to America,&#8221;<\/em> asserting that those who write America&#8217;s laws should have undivided allegiance to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution drew immediate condemnation from affected Democratic members. <strong>Jayapal<\/strong>, born in Chennai, India, characterized the measure as <em>&#8220;xenophobic&#8221;<\/em> and called upon colleagues\u2014Republican and Democratic alike\u2014to reject it. She described her naturalization ceremony as profoundly meaningful, defending her commitment to the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raja Krishnamoorthi<\/strong>, an Illinois Democrat born in New Delhi, released a video message denouncing Mace&#8217;s proposal as both immoral and fundamentally un-American. <strong>Thanedar<\/strong> took a more sarcastic approach, introducing a counter-resolution on social media while suggesting Mace address personal matters before attacking naturalized citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Omar, the Somali-born Minnesota representative, has not yet issued a public statement on the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Mace&#8217;s proposal would require approval from Congress by a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers before advancing to state ratification, where three-fourths of states would need to approve it for inclusion in the Constitution. Current data shows 26 House members were foreign-born\u201419 Democrats and seven Republicans\u2014alongside six senators (four Democrats and two Republicans) born outside American territory.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment faces formidable constitutional obstacles, making passage unlikely in the near term, despite the ongoing debate over national loyalty among elected officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":2513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[2246,2247,2244,2245,2249,2248,2243,209,2250],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-2514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-discriminatory-legislation","tag-ilhan-omar","tag-nancy-mace","tag-naturalized-citizens-ban","tag-pramila-jayapal","tag-shri-thanedar","tag-south-carolina","tag-united-states","tag-xenophobic","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions\/2537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=2514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}