 in arizona a bid to block automatic citizenship for anchor babies  if a child is born in this country whether or not his or her parents are legal us citizens should the child automatically be granted citizenship arizona legislators have introduced legislation that would require at least one parent to be born here or to be a naturalized citizen to bestow automatic citizenship on the child two us senators david vitter r of louisiana and rand paul r of kentucky have introduced a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment that would establish similar conditions for children born in this country what was the intent of the 14th amendment read more on this controversial issue at  wwwcsmonitorcom usa justice 20110128 inarizonaabidtoblockcitizenshipforillegalimmigrant 103  