Under current law if you are born within the borders of the United States you are automatically a US citizen under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Getting off the ship at Ellis Island there was no Social Security, no welfare, no school lunch programs, and no food stamps. Only what you brought with you.
Is America truly the “land of the free and the home of the brave?” If the numbers of people who want to come and live in the US is any indication — yes.