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Lawmakers Condemn Ogles’s Bid to Strip Mamdani’s Citizenship

This denaturalization push undermines democratic protections, exposing growing Islamophobia in US politics.

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Representative Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. House Speaker Mike Johnson opted to get his membership on the record as fast possible, scheduling a vote today that’ll show how much Republican support there is for a budget resolution that covers more ground than the Senate’s. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg

Overview

  • On June 26, Rep. Andy Ogles publicly questioned New York mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s US citizenship and urged the Justice Department to pursue denaturalization proceedings.
  • Ogles pointed to Mamdani’s 2018 naturalization application and past rap lyrics referencing the Holy Land Five as alleged grounds for deportation.
  • Democratic representatives including Ritchie Torres and Nydia Velázquez denounced the proposal as un-American, racist and Islamophobic.
  • On June 27, Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Andre Carson and Lateefah Simon released a joint statement condemning “vile, anti-Muslim, and racist smears” against Mamdani.
  • Civil rights advocates warn the attacks reflect entrenched bigotry and threaten the political participation of Muslim Americans.