The passage below is from a constitutional amendment.

"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."

What has been a lasting impact of this amendment?
A) It is easier to expand the rights of citizenship to minorities.
B) It is easier for immigrants to remain in the United States.
C) It is easier for states to pass their own immigration laws.
D) It is easier to expand the rights of citizenship to minors.