Legislators taking on illegal immigration
Media General News Service
Lillian Kafka
Tuesday, January 22, 2008


RICHMOND - Sen. Ken Cuccinelli II, R-Fairfax, on Monday called for a change to the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment that would modify requirements for birthright citizenship.

Cuccinelli’s proposal would not allow a person born in the United States to automatically become a citizen unless one of their parents was already a citizen.

He said he’s drafted the resolution to address the problem of “anchor babies,â€