Arizona Senator questions loyalty of foreign-born lawmakers, some from his own caucus

Arizona Sen. Vince Leach, a Tucson Republican, shared a meme on Facebook decrying foreign-born politicians, even though members of his own caucus were born outside the country.

“There are 32 foreign born members of Congress!” the meme says, alongside an image of Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar, long a target of Islamophobic attacks. “Who do they really represent?”

Leach posted the image to both his personal and candidate Facebook pages along with the caption “Question of the day.” Leach did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

He’s correct that 32 members of Congress were born outside of the United States — nine Republicans and 23 Democrats. One of them is Arizona Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani who was born in Mexico, and became a citizen through the naturalization process.





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