From the Chronwatch comments:
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“desperado wrote:
The solution to this problem lies in addressing the Fourteenth Amendment and the so-called “anchor baby” issue. The Fourteenth Amendment was never intended to grant citizenship to illegal aliens. It was to grant citizenship to former slaves and children of former slaves. In fact, in 4 separate Supreme Court decisions up to 1982, the right of citizenship for children of illegal aliens was denied. It took an act of Congress in 1922 to give American Indians birthright citizenship. Congress has the power, but not the will, to fix this situation. The Amendment gives Congress the power to legislate how the provisions of the Amendment are to be applied. They could undo the misinterpretation, again, if they had the will. Unfortuneately, our present Congress is more interested in pandering for Hispanic votes than they are in doing what is best for the country. Being an American citizen used to mean something, as it should. It has become more the means to access the welfare state.
11/22/2007 4:16 AM CST”
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“The Amendment gives Congress the power to legislate how the provisions of the Amendment are to be applied. They could undo the misinterpretation, again, if they had the will.”
So it would NOT require a Constitutional Amendment to solve the “anchor baby” problem.
The key phrase in the 14th is; “and subject to the jurisdiction”. If someone is here illegally they are not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Simply being on US soil does not qualify. They are subject to US laws, not US jurisdiction.
The amendment does not need to be changed it just needs to be followed correctly.