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question 5

Multiple Choice

Assume that a U.S. citizen has a nonmarital child while in a foreign country and now wants that child to be declared a citizen of the United States. Under U.S. immigration law, it is easier for a foreign-born child to become a citizen if the child is seeking citizenship through its mother than through its father.

• A)The immigration law is unconstitutional because the child has a fundamental right to become a citizen.
• B)The immigration law is unconstitutional because it fails the test of strict scrutiny.
• C)The immigration law is constitutional because the government needs additional assurance that the man is the father.
• D)The immigration law is constitutional because the child does not have a fundamental right to become a citizen.

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