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Citizenship Clause Of The 13th Amendment
ection 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states, in simple terms, that everyone who is born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state they live in. No state can enforce laws which limit the privileges or immunities of United States citizens nor can they deny any citizen the right to life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The states cannot deny any citizen the right to equal protection of the law.
The Fourteenth Amendment is made of of 3 clauses:
The Citizenship Clause, which granted citizenship to everyone born or naturalized in the United States
The Due Process Clause, which declared that no state can deny any citizen the right to life, liberty, and property without

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