This included, most importantly, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which said that anyone who was born in the United States was a citizen – a person who legally belonged to this country and had the rights and protections of this country.

其中最重要的包括宪法第 14 条修正案，其中规定任何在美国出生的人都是公民——合法属于这个国家并享有这个国家的权利和保护的人。