Phoenix, AZ (AUGUST 17) - U.S. Senate Candidate J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) released a new web-video juxtaposing Hayworth's position on "birthright citizenship" and McCain's. The video highlights that while McCain believes children born by non-citizens on U.S. soil "clearly" should be granted citizenship, Hayworth believes that is in direct conflict with the original intent of the authors of the 14th Amendment.
Mike Huckabee says he's against repealing parts of the 14th Amendment. (CNN) – Mike Huckabee says he's against changing portions of the Constitution that automatically grant citizenship to children of immigrants born in the United States - a position that puts the potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate at odds some of his party's most prominent figures.
In an interview that aired on NPR Wednesday, the former Arkansas governor and 2008 White House hopeful said the section of the 14th Amendment currently in question has long been held valid.
"The Supreme Court has decided that, I think, in three different centuries, said Huckabeee. "In every single instance, they have affirmed that if you are born in this country, you are considered to be a citizen. The only option there is to change the constitution."
Asked specifically if he would favor such an effort to change the constitution, Huckabee said flatly, "No."