Mitch McConnell Wants to 'Review' 14th Amendment

That pesky part about birthright citizenship
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 3, 2010 6:36 AM CDT
Mitch McConnell Wants to 'Review' 14th Amendment
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., gestures while speaking to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2010.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell thinks Congress “ought to take a look” at changing the 14th Amendment so that it does not grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. That puts McConnell right in line with a growing Republican push on the issue, alongside Jon Kyl and Lindsey Graham, the Hill reports. “I think we ought to take a look at it—hold hearings, listen to the experts,” the Senate majority leader said, “We clearly need to look at it.”

Kyl also raised the possibility of hearings during a TV interview on Sunday, but it’s unclear if that will happen; Democrats set the hearing schedule. Graham went farther last week, telling Fox News, “We should change our constitution. … Birthright citizenship is a mistake.” In the House, Lamar Smith, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, has introduced legislation to deny citizenship to the children. The measure already has 93 co-sponsors. (More Mitch McConnell stories.)

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