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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