United States Constitution

from Amendment XIV

"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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

What does this part of the 14th Amendment accomplish?

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United States Constitution

from Amendment XIV

"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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

What does this part of the 14th Amendment accomplish?

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Scott Nichols · Answer 1

it keeps other states from taking away the citizen's rights

Sawyer Barton · Answer 2

This Amendment enforced fair rights of anyone who was born in the United States, meaning if you were born here you get to stay here and you have the rights of a American citizen. If your parents were born outside of the U. S and you were born in the U. S you would be allowed to stay while they would have to leave.