Currently, there is one foreign-born U.S. Senator, Mel Martínez of Florida, who was born in Cuba. There are seven current representatives who were born overseas: Lincoln Díaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Albio Sires from Cuba; Ciro Rodriguez from Mexico; Mazie Hirono from Japan; David Wu from Taiwan; and Pete Hoekstra from the Netherlands, who in total comprise 1.6% of the House. This figure does not include three members who were born overseas to U.S. citizen parents.
