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According the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, citizens of the United States are BOTH

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the answer is people who are born here and people who are naturalized here.

Step-by-step explanation:

Today, people become American citizens by being born in this country or by immigrating here and becoming naturalized citizens. The Fourteenth Amendment states that people who are born here and people who are naturalized here are citizens of the United States.

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The options are:

A) people who are born here and people who move here.

B) people who are born here and people who are naturalized here.

C) people who are born here and people who obtain a driver's license here.

D) people who are born here and people who have a friend or family member living here.

Thus the correct answer is B: is considered an American citizen who is born on the U.S. and who is naturalized in the U.S. The Fourteenth Amendment is clear:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. (...)"

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