A Time for Change

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution currently reads that: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and are subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.  When our founding fathers drafted ad created the document  they would or could have ever foreseen the illegal immigration problems that the United States would find itself to possess. Immigration was not even addressed during that time period.This amendment was originally intended for freed slaves and their descendants after the Civil War, not those that are now entering the country illegally. There is another technically to this issue wherein the amendment states "and are subject to the jurisdiction". Illegal immigrants are in the United States illegally without recognition or approval from the government, therefore they were not subject to the United States jurisdiction. The parents' immigration status is not even taken into account at the present time. It is time for a change regarding children  of illegal immigrants. The United States can not continue to operate in this manner. These children born in the United States are granted all the rights that every other citizen has. The United States needs the fourteenth amendment changed in order to better contain illegal immigration. If traveling abroad and giving birth in another country, would you expect said country to grant your child citizenship? Illegal immigration is a drain on our economy. It is time for a much needed change and update to an amendment that is now being used out of context.