WASHINGTON — Amid all the talk in Congress about immigration, some Republicans continue to want to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States.

Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., is one of them.

Although birthright citizenship is widely regarded as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, these lawmakers say the language of the amendment has been misinterpreted for 145 years.

They say the issue is more important than ever because of the phenomenon of “birth tourism” on the West Coast, as well as undocumented immigrants who have children to make themselves harder to deport. Births resulting from the latter are termed “anchor babies.”