A '''natural-born citizen''' is someone who is automatically a citizen at birth by virtue of nature, rather than by statute or through the process of naturalization. The [[U.S. Constitution]] requires that the U.S. president be a natural-born citizen. [[Donald Trump]] has threatened to sue [[Ted Cruz]] over this issue, and others have already done so.<ref>http://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2016/2/status-of-pending-natural-born-citizen-challenges-and-litigation-in-2016-presidential-election</ref>
There are about 20 million naturalized citizens in the [[United States]] who are not "natural-born citizens." Naturalized citizens are subject to denaturalization and deportation, which natural-born citizens are not.
==Meaning of the term==