It is important to reform the 14th amendment because in its current state, the 14th amendment gives birthright citizenship to anyone born in the United States; this is a problem as this is now being abused by unauthorized immigrants. When the 14th amendment was passed in 1866, its intention was to grant citizenship to slaves. However, our ancestors did not realize the way this amendment would be abused in the way it is today. To non American-born people, the 14th amendment is a "strategy" which can be used to cross the boarder, have a child, and live in the United States as the government tends to not separate families. By reforming the 14th amendment, the issue of family separation would not be relevant as the family would be deported given that child is not given citizenship. We are not stating that diversity is bad, we are stating that a child should not be able to immediately attain citizenship solely based on where his or her mother decides to give birth.