Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) has introduced a new piece of legislation that proposes a constitutional amendment requiring members of Congress, federal judges, and Senate-confirmed officers of the United States government to be natural born citizens. Conservatives across the country are thrilled by the news, believing such a measure is long overdue.
According to the U.S. Constitution, both the president and the vice president are required to be natural-born citizens. Mace’s proposed amendment would extend that requirement to representatives, senators, federal judges at all levels, along with Senate-confirmed officers, including Ambassadors and public Ministers. “If you hold power in the American government, you should be a natural born American citizen,” Mace said.
“This is not complicated. The people writing America’s laws, confirming America’s judges, and representing America on the world stage should have one loyalty: America. Not Somalia. Not any other country. For too long we have allowed foreign-born members to hold seats in this government while making clear their loyalty is not here. We see it every day. This amendment puts an end to it,” the South Carolina Republican continued.
According to an official press release from Mace’s office, several lawmakers who were born in foreign countries have made it crystal clear that their loyalties to the federal government of the United States and its people is almost nonexistent. The release mentions Rep. Ilhan Omar (R-MN) as an example of one such individual.
“She allegedly committed marriage and immigration fraud to get her brother into this country, is tied to millions in a Somali fraud case in her own state, and has made comments publicly about how she is ‘Somalia first,'” the release goes on to say. It goes on to discuss Omar’s hateful rhetoric toward police officers and other law enforcement officials working to keep communities safe.
The release also pointed out Omar’s lack of knowledge concerning American history, bringing up a gaffe the Minnesota Democrat made concerning how many World Wars have been fought and her comments bashing the U.S., saying it is “turning into one of the worst countries in the world.” Mace remarked, “Ilhan Omar is just one of many foreign born members of this government who have made clear, time and again, their loyalty is not here.”
“The American people deserve leaders who put America first. This amendment closes a gap in our Constitution long overdue for closing,” Mace added. If the resolution is passed, it would take effect for representatives on January 3rd of the first odd-numbered calendar year following its ratification. For senators it would be the same date and would apply to sitting senators when the term they were elected to serve expires.
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It would go into effect for federal judges six months after ratification. Ambassadors and Senate-confirmed officers would also see the amendment go into effect six months after ratification. In order to become the law of the land, the resolution would need to pass both chambers of Congress by a two-thirds vote and then be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures.
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