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Liu is a Chinese national and two of her children are Americans through being born in the U.S., while her daughter, Grace, is naturalized through marriage.

Her husband is a naturalized citizen and together they have four children.

Nearly a dozen of my cousins left their native-born countries to come to the U.S. and eventually naturalize.

The amendment says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”

One answer is embodied by the nearly 1 million people who choose to become naturalized Americans each year.