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Ganezh [65]
3 years ago
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The 14th Amendment reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are ci

tizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” How do you think birthright citizenship effected the United States and it's development as a nation? Please discuss your opinion and provide at least one fact-based reason behind your opinion.
History
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melamori03 [73]3 years ago
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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” One of three amendments passed during the Reconstruction era to abolish slavery and establish civil and legal rights for Black Americans, it would become the basis for many landmark Supreme Court decisions over the years.

In its later sections, the 14th Amendment authorized the federal government to punish states that violated or abridged their citizens’ right to vote by proportionally reducing the states’ representation in Congress, and mandated that anyone who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States could not hold civil, military or elected office (without the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate).

It also upheld the national debt, but exempted federal and state governments from paying any debts incurred by the former Confederate states.

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