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What has Lindsay James done on a path to citizenship?

Matches stated direction. In 2025 she cosponsored an Iowa House resolution asking Congress to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act. A resolution does not change the law, and the act covers only certain adoptees.

Lindsay James

Citizenship for adoptees born abroad

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What they say

Her campaign says Congress should create a path to citizenship for working, taxpaying people in the country.

“create a path to citizenship for hard working, taxpaying people in this country”

What the record shows ·

In 2025 she was one of 24 sponsors, from both parties, of House Resolution 14. It asks the President and Congress to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act, for people born abroad and adopted by U.S. citizens who were already 18 or older themselves when the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect. The Iowa House adopted it on March 27, 2025.

Limit: A resolution is a request to Congress and does not change the law. It covers only these adoptees, not the wider path to citizenship she calls for.

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  1. Keep Our Communities Safehttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/keep-our-communities-safe

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issue page on immigration, ICE, guns and police funding.

    candidate statement

    For: What has Lindsay James done on a path to citizenship?

  2. House Resolution 14 (2025), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HR14&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed March 26, 2025 by 24 members of both parties, Dunwell first and James among them. Adopted by the House on March 27, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  3. House Resolution 14 (2025), text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Calls on the President and Congress to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act, for people adopted from abroad who were 18 or older when the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect.

    official legislative record

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  4. Iowa House members, 91st General Assembly (2025-2026)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Legislature's roster with each member's district and party. Used for the party of House Resolution 14's first sponsor, Jon Dunwell, a Republican.

    official office record

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  5. Representative Lindsay Jameshttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Legislature's record of her service: Democrat, House District 71, serving since the 88th General Assembly (2019). She is the only James in the House in every session cited here.

    official office record

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