Debate on immigration hits Jindal
By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON
Advocate Capitol News Bureau
Published: Aug 6, 2010 - Page: 15A

As the son of immigrants, Gov. Bobby Jindal is being drawn into a debate over whether birth on U.S. soil should continue to automatically guarantees U.S. citizenship.

At issue is Sen. Lindsey Graham’s talk about changing the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Graham, R-S.C., takes issue with granting birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ citizenship.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he is open to at least exploring the idea of being more restrictive.

McCain’s home state of Arizona is struggling with immigration issues.

Jindal, whose mother was pregnant with him when she immigrated to the United States from India in the 1970s, is becoming the poster child for opponents to Graham’s idea despite the fact that none of the proposals being floated appears to target his situation.

“One of the leading members of the Republican Party today, Bobby Jindal, would not have been a citizen of the United States under the proposals that are being floated ... His mother was apparently on a student visa in the United States when she had him here,â€