Overview

• At a Mexico City Panamerican Congress, Rep. Delia Ramirez declared she is “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,” and the video rapidly circulated online.
• Tennessee GOP Rep. Andy Ogles called for Ramirez to be denaturalized, deported and removed from the House Homeland Security Committee.
• The Department of Homeland Security’s official account retweeted a Theodore Roosevelt quotation rejecting hyphenated Americanism in reply to her comments.
• White House spokesperson Liz Huston condemned Ramirez’s remark as “despicable” and accused her of prioritizing foreign interests over American citizens.
• Ramirez has publicly defended her dual identity on social media, asserting her Guatemalan roots strengthen her commitment to the United States, with no formal removal or denaturalization actions filed to date.