U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1

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.

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Establishes that all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens of the United States and of their state. Bars states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities, depriving any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, or denying any person equal protection of the laws.

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