Which of the following is one way a person can automatically become a U.S. citizen by birth?

Question 11 options:

By being born to non-citizen parents living outside the United States

By serving in the U.S. military

By living in the United States for at least 5 years

By being born on U.S. soil, regardless of the parents' citizenship status

1 answer

The correct option is:

By being born on U.S. soil, regardless of the parents' citizenship status.

This principle is based on the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.