What is the difference between natural born citizens and naturalized citizens in the United States?(1 point)

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Natural born citizens must go through a legal process to become a citizen, and naturalized citizens are those people who have lived in the country a specific amount of time.
Natural born citizens must go through a legal process to become a citizen, and naturalized citizens are those people who have lived in the country a specific amount of time.

Natural born citizens are born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens are any person who is born in a foreign country who wants to be a citizen.
Natural born citizens are born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens are any person who is born in a foreign country who wants to be a citizen.

Natural born citizens are born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens are born in a foreign country and gain legal citizenship.
Natural born citizens are born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens are born in a foreign country and gain legal citizenship.

Natural born citizens must have parents who were born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens gain legal citizenship after being born in a foreign country.
Natural born citizens must have parents who were born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens gain legal citizenship after being born in a foreign country.

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The correct response is:

Natural born citizens are born in the U.S., and naturalized citizens are born in a foreign country and gain legal citizenship.

Natural born citizens are individuals who acquire citizenship at birth, either by being born on U.S. soil or to U.S. citizen parents, whereas naturalized citizens are individuals who were born in another country and have gone through the legal process to obtain U.S. citizenship.