Proposed Kentucky Bills Would Ban Naturalized, Dual Citizens From Holding Public Office

Anti-immigrant KY bill spurs last-minute candidate to keep living the American Dream

Suhas Kulkarni, a Democrat from Louisville, speaks to reporters before filing to run for the Kentucky House. His wife, Surekha Kulkarni and daughter, Rep. Nima Kulkarni, watch from the side. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley)FRANKFORT — A naturalized citizen from Louisville decided to run for the state House the night before the filing deadline, spurred by a Kentucky lawmaker’s proposal to bar immigrant citizens from holding local and s…

Proposed Kentucky bills would ban naturalized, dual citizens from holding public office

The bills would ban naturalized citizens and those with dual citizenship from holding public office at the state and local level.

GOP Lawmaker Pushes Ban on Immigrants in Office

Kentucky state Rep. Shane Baker (R) filed a bill that would limit eligibility for almost all elected offices in Kentucky to only natural-born U.S. citizens, the Lexington Herald Ledger reports.

Immigrant citizens would be barred from local, state offices in Kentucky under proposed bills

A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.