Monday, January 31, 2011

Possible change to birthright citizenship debated

SALT LAKE CITY — Days after a resolution was introduced to the U.S. Senate that would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, the University of Utah Law school hosted a debate to explore whether the 14th Amendment should be changed.

Both Peter Schuck, a law professor at Yale University, and Margaret Stock, an Alaskan attorney and adjunct professor at the University Alaska Anchorage, said immigration reform is needed, but Stock argued strongly against changes to the 14th Amendment.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705365590/Possible-change-to-birthright-citizenship-debated.html

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