how can Ilhan Omar be in Congress legally?
Ilhan Omar has served as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District since 2019, and multiple public records and biographies describe her as a naturalized U.S. citizen who becam...
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The standard process for lawful permanent residents to become U.S. citizens
Ilhan Omar has served as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District since 2019, and multiple public records and biographies describe her as a naturalized U.S. citizen who becam...
Melania Trump’s parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, were sworn in as U.S. citizens in August 2018 after a standard path from lawful permanent residence to naturalization: they held green cards, met res...
At the opening of the 119th Congress, 32 members of Congress were born outside the United States — 26 Representatives and six Senators — but the public record compiled by the sources provided does not...
A clear count of members of Congress who publicly acknowledge foreign birth is available from institutional surveys: the Congressional Research Service and related congressional directories identify d...
A lawful permanent resident (green card holder) is ordinarily eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship after five years of continuous permanent residency, with a shorter three‑year path available to tho...
Ilhan Omar is a Somali-born U.S. congresswoman who arrived in the United States as an asylum-seeking refugee in 1995 and serves in the House of Representatives . Public reporting contains renewed, par...
No reliable evidence in the supplied sources shows that a person who was not a U.S. citizen at the time of election ever served in the U.S. House or Senate; the Constitution sets explicit citizenship ...
The Constitution expressly imposes a citizenship qualification only for the presidency and vice presidency — the “natural born Citizen” requirement and a fourteen‑year residency condition — while Cong...