The Fourteenth Amendment

Section 1.

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Section 2.

"Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state."

Section 3.

"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

Section 4.

"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void."

Section 5.

"The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

Section 1. 

All people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and the state where they live. No state can pass any law that strips privileges and immunities away from citizens, or deprive any person from life, liberty, or property without fair treatment through the judicial system. Everyone has to be treated equally under the law.

Section 2.

The House of Representatives must be divided up according to the population of each state. If a state denies an eligible voter (including freed slaves) the right to vote, they can lose representatives in Congress.

Section 3. 

You cannot be a part of any state or United States government, or any military branch if you participated in the rebellion, but that rule can be lifted by Congress if both the houses approve with a 2/3 majority vote. Also no one who has previously taken an oath into office is allowed to engage in activities to harm the country.

Section 4.

Citizens are allowed to hold and maintain a personal debt for any reason, but even if the money is used to fund rebellion or harmful acts towards a state, their state cannot assume that debt.

Section 5.

Congress has the right to enforce each one of these provisions. 

Section 1 of this amendment declares that all people born in the United States are citizens, which means that the children of illegal immigrants are considered United States citizens if they were born here. The term "anchor baby" is used assuming that illegal immigrants have babies in order to stay in the country. Donald Trump has made remarks about anchor babies not being real citizens, which is clearly not true based on the law. In 2012, it was estimated that 4.5 million children under 18 living here with parents that are illegal immigrants. I hope that we don't all become desensitized to his offensive comments, but mostly I hope he doesn't deport any citizen children's parents. Despite his threats, I don't think he would actually have a wall built or try to repeal the birthright process. 

Racial profiling is defined as targeting individuals based on their race or ethnicity in the belief that a certain race is more likely to engage in criminal activity. This can be categorized as unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment and a denial of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. Even if some people believe we live in a post-racism era, racial profiling happens everyday and is mostly an issue between citizens and police officers. We rely on the police to protect us from harm and promote justice in our country, but unfortunately racist incidents have made many citizens' distrust grow for law enforcement.