Congresswoman lashes at Trini-born judge

AMERICAN Congresswoman Nancy Mace says no one born in another country should serve in the United States government, mentioning Trinidad-born Judge Sparkle Sooknanan after she blocked the Trump administration from using a federal database to check voters’ citizenship data.

Mace made the remarks in a social media post yesterday.“We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again. No one born in another country should be serving in our government. Judges included. Sparkle Sooknanan was born in Trinidad. She just blocked the Administration from using a federal database to check citizenship data for voters,” she said.

The congresswoman added that it was “a foreign-born judge blocking efforts to verify American elections are decided by American citizens”.In 2025, Sooknanan temporarily blocked a deportation order that would have returned migrant children to their native Guatemala.Sooknanan was appointed to the District Court in January 2025.“This is exactly why we introduced a Constitutional Amendment to ban foreign-born individuals from serving in Congress, on the federal bench, or in Senate-confirmed positions,” Mace said.She added: “This is not about where someone was born. This is about who they serve. One allegiance. One country. America FIRST.”