These 26 current US House representatives were born outside the US

Similar to the US Senate, members of the House of Representatives do not need to be natural-born citizens in order to take office. In fact, the only members of government who do are the president and vice president. The House of Representatives, one of the two chambers of Congress alongside the Senate, has 435 voting members. They represent congressional districts allocated among the states based on population and serve two-year terms with no term limits. To qualify as a US House representative, a person must be: At least 25 years oldA US citizen for at least seven years.Live in the state they want to represent at the time of the election. Many current House members were US citizens at birth despite being born in another country — for instance, because they were born to American parents working in government positions abroad. Here are the 26 active House representatives born outside the US. Becca Balint (D) Balint has served in Congress since 2023. She was born in Germany while her father was serving in the US armed forces, making her a US citizen at birth. Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D) Place of birth: Free Territory of Trieste (now Italy) Beyer has served in Congress since 2015. He was born to a US Army officer, making him a citizen at birth. Salud O. Carbajal (D) Carbajal has served in Congress since 2017. He emigrated from Mexico at age 5 and became a naturalized citizen in 1990. Sean Casten (D) Casten has served in Congress since 2019. He was born to American parents, making him a US citizen at birth. Juan Ciscomani (R) Ciscomani has served in Congress since 2023. He moved to Arizona when he was 11 and became a naturalized citizen in 2006. Andrew S. Clyde (R) Clyde has served in Congress since 2021. He was born to American parents, making him a US citizen at birth. Dan Crenshaw (R) Crenshaw has served in Congress since 2019. He was born to American parents, making him a US citizen at birth. Sharice Davids (D) Davids has served in Congress since 2019. She was born in Germany to a mother who served 20 years in the US Army, making her a US citizen at birth. Diana DeGette (D) DeGette has served in Congress since 1997. She was born in Japan while her father served in the US armed forces, making her a US citizen at birth. Adriano Espaillat (D) Espaillat has served in Congress since 2017. He came to the US as a child and became a naturalized US citizen in the early 1980s. Espaillat is the first formerly undocumented member of Congress. Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D) García has served in Congress since 2019. He emigrated to Illinois in 1965 and became a US citizen in 1977. Robert Garcia (D) Garcia has served in Congress since 2023. He emigrated to the US when he was a young child and became a naturalized citizen in his early 20s. Carlos A. Gimenez (R) Gimenez has served in Congress since 2021. His family emigrated to Miami in 1960, and he became a US citizen in 1976. James A. Himes (D) Himes has served in Congress since 2009. He was born to American parents, making him a US citizen at birth. Pramila Jayapal (D) Jayapal has served in Congress since 2017. She emigrated from India at age 16 in 1982 and became a naturalized citizen in 2000. Young Kim (R) Kim has served in Congress since 2021. She emigrated to the US at age 12 and later became a naturalized US citizen. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) Krishnamoorthi has served in Congress since 2017. The exact year of his naturalization is not in the public record, but he moved to the US with his family as a child. Ted Lieu (D) Lieu has served in Congress since 2015. The exact year of his naturalization is not in the public record, but he moved to the US with his family as a child. Ilhan Omar (D) Omar has served in Congress since 2019. She was naturalized in 2000, five years after arriving in the US from Kenya, where her family had lived in a refugee camp after fleeing Somalia. David Rouzer (R) Rouzer has served in Congress since 2015. He was born at Landstuhl Army Medical Center in Germany, where his father was stationed, making him a US citizen at birth. Raul Ruiz (D) Ruiz has served in Congress since 2013. He was born in Mexico and raised in Coachella, California, after his aunt and uncle adopted him as a baby. He is a naturalized US citizen. Victoria Spartz (R) Spartz has served in Congress since 2021. She arrived in the US in 2000 and became a US citizen in 2006. Marilyn Strickland (D) Strickland has served in Congress since 2021. She was born to an American serviceman father and Korean mother, making her a US citizen at birth. Shri Thanedar (D) Thanedar has served in Congress since 2023. He was naturalized in 1988 after emigrating from India a decade earlier. Norma J. Torres (D) Torres has served in Congress since 2015. She emigrated to the US as a young child in the early 1970s and became a naturalized citizen in 1992. Eugene Simon Vindman (D) Vindman has served in Congress since 2025. The exact year of his naturalization is not in the public record, but he moved to the US with his family as a child.