Immigrants in Government

Did you know these people were born of immigrant parents or were immigrants themselves?

• Kash Patel, who leads the FBI, was born to Indian immigrant parents.
• Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was born to Turkish immigrants
• Vice President JD Vance‘s wife, second lady Usha Vance, was born to Indian immigrants
• Former Vice President Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California, to immigrant parents, a Jamaican father and an Indian mother
• Former U.N. Ambassador Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley, aka Nikki Haley, was born in South Carolina to Indian immigrants
• Marco Rubio was born to Cuban parents who were not American citizens at the time of his birth
• Elon Musk, born in South Africa, was an undocumented immigrant before gaining US citizenship
• Melania Trump was born in Slovenia and obtained an H-1B visa before becoming a citizen
• Peter Thiel was born in West Germany, grew up in South Africa, and became a naturalized citizen
• Donald Trump’s mother was a Scottish immigrant, and his father was the son of a German immigrant