As VDARE.COM readers are well aware, we need to get the anchor baby loophole plugged up and pronto. The good news is that in recent years more and more Americans have been educated on this issue, and it's getting more publicity. A new multi-state coalition of lawmakers is working on this issue, which could be a great development. Here is what is reported in "The Blaze":

Lawmakers in at least 14 states are collaborating on proposed legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, according to lawmakers, including the sponsor of Arizona’s 2010 law targeting illegal immigration.

Russell Pearce is involved.

“We’re taking a leadership role on things that need to be fixed in America. We can’t get Congress to do it,” Republican state Sen. Russell Pearce, of Mesa, said Tuesday. “It’s a national work group so that we have model legislation that we know will be successful, that meets the constitutional criteria.”

That's great !

The efforts by the state legislators come amid calls to change the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. Supporters cite costs to taxpayers for services provided to illegal immigrants and their children.

It may not be necessary, though, to change the 14th Amendment, just the current practice and incorrect interpretation.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, the founder of a national group of legislators critical of illegal immigration, said the 14th Amendment “greatly incentives foreign invaders to violate our border and our laws.” He had a news conference Tuesday [Oct. 19th] in Harrisburg, Pa., on the multistate endeavor.

The effort could run afoul of the language in the 14th Amendment and lead to a court battle over the constitutionality of the law. But Metcalfe said providing birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants is an “ongoing distortion and twisting” of the amendment.

Metcalfe’s office said lawmakers in at least 12 other states besides Arizona and Pennsylvania said they were making their own announcements about working on the citizenship legislation. Those other states: Alabama, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. Legislators from a total of 41 states are involved in a Metcalfe-founded group concerned with immigration issues.

... “We’re going to address the issue of the unconstitutional declaration of citizenship to those born to non-citizens,” Pearce said. “It is a violation of the 14th Amendment.”

14 States Move to Deny 'Anchor Babies' Citizenship, The Blaze, Oct. 19th, 2010

On the 19th, Pearce held a press conference in Arizona, where he said “This is a battle of epic proportions. We’ve allowed the hijacking of the 14th Amendment.”

As I've argued in a VDARE.COM article recently, the fact that Mexico claims jurisdiction over these anchor babies helps us make our case. We aren't punishing these babies by not declaring them American citizens at birth. Let Mexico take care of them.