PODCAST: List of foreign-born U.S. politicians. Did you vote for one?
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV

This is a list of United States politicians who were born outside the present-day United States, its territories (the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and its outlying possessions. This list does not include politicians from the Philippines (such as Resident Commissioners of the Philippines), which was held under various forms of government as an American territory from 1898 to 1946 before becoming a sovereign country.
United States citizenship is required to serve in Congress, as President or Vice President, and in most state offices. The President and the Vice President must additionally be a ‘natural-born citizen’. Foreign-born politicians may gain U.S. citizenship by means of birth (if one or both of their parents were citizens who met the requirements to transmit citizenship at birth), derivation (if they acquired citizenship from their parents after birth but before the age of 18), or naturalization (if they acquired citizenship by fulfilling the requirements of the naturalization process as established in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952).
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Foreign Born Members of Congress
Senators
Main article: List of United States senators born outside the United States
| Senator | Country/place of birth | Citizenship by | Party | Serving since | Position(s) held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bennet | Birth | Democratic | 2009 | U.S. Senator from Colorado | |
| Ted Cruz | Birth | Republican | 2013 | U.S. Senator from Texas | |
| Tammy Duckworth | Birth | Democratic | 2017 | U.S. Senator from Illinois | |
| Mazie Hirono | Naturalization | Democratic | 2013 | U.S. Senator from Hawaii | |
| Chris Van Hollen | Birth | Democratic | 2017 | U.S. Senator from Maryland | |
| Bernie Moreno | Naturalization | Republican | 2025 | U.S. Senator from Ohio |
Representatives
| Representative | Country/place of birth | Citizenship by | Party | Serving since | Position held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becca Balint | Birth | Democratic | 2023 | U.S. Representative from Vermont | |
| Don Beyer | Birth | Democratic | 2015 | U.S. Representative from Virginia | |
| Salud Carbajal | Naturalization | Democratic | 2017 | U.S. Representative from California | |
| Sean Casten | Birth | Democratic | 2019 | U.S. Representative from Illinois | |
| Juan Ciscomani | Naturalization | Republican | 2023 | U.S. Representative from Arizona | |
| Andrew Clyde | Birth | Republican | 2021 | U.S. Representative from Georgia | |
| Dan Crenshaw | Birth | Republican | 2019 | U.S. Representative from Texas | |
| Sharice Davids | Birth | Democratic | 2019 | U.S. Representative from Kansas | |
| Diana DeGette | Birth | Democratic | 1997 | U.S. Representative from Colorado | |
| Adriano Espaillat | Naturalization | Democratic | 2017 | U.S. Representative from New York | |
| Jesús “Chuy” García | Naturalization | Democratic | 2019 | U.S. Representative from Illinois | |
| Robert Garcia | Naturalization | Democratic | 2023 | U.S. Representative from California | |
| Carlos A. Giménez | Naturalization | Republican | 2021 | U.S. Representative from Florida | |
| Jim Himes | Birth | Democratic | 2009 | U.S. Representative from Connecticut | |
| Pramila Jayapal | Naturalization | Democratic | 2017 | U.S. Representative from Washington | |
| Young Kim | Naturalization | Republican | 2021 | U.S. Representative from California | |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi | Naturalization | Democratic | 2017 | U.S. Representative from Illinois | |
| Ted Lieu | Naturalization | Democratic | 2015 | U.S. Representative from California | |
| Ilhan Omar | Naturalization | Democratic | 2019 | U.S. Representative from Minnesota | |
| David Rouzer | Birth | Republican | 2015 | U.S. Representative from North Carolina | |
| Raul Ruiz | Derivation | Democratic | 2013 | U.S. Representative from California | |
| Victoria Spartz | Naturalization | Republican | 2021 | U.S. Representative from Indiana | |
| Marilyn Strickland | Birth | Democratic | 2021 | U.S. Representative from Washington | |
| Shri Thanedar | Naturalization | Democratic | 2023 | U.S. Representative from Michigan | |
| Norma J. Torres | Naturalization | Democratic | 2015 | U.S. Representative from California | |
| Eugene Vindman | Naturalization | Democratic | 2025 | U.S. Representative from Virginia |
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