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There are two predicates for US citizenship, judging from the text of the 14th amendment: those born there, and those naturalized by whatever established process. Your birth certificate in a US territory confers citizenship: there is no non-automatic verification, waiting period, tests etc. Those subsist for naturalization. Note that your birth certificate reports the names of your parents (if known) WITHOUT any indication of their citizenship status. So your "at least for now" is something that you have made up.

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