Lawmakers Reject Bid To Ban Naturalized Citizens From Office

Lawmakers are pushing back hard against an effort to bar naturalized citizens from holding political office, rejecting a proposal that would have created a second-class political class. The response underscores a basic American principle - if you become a citizen, you are a citizen, and your rights should not be carved up by identity politics or exclusionary gatekeeping. The fight also exposes how extreme some anti-immigrant arguments can become when they collide with constitutional reality. Read more about this...