AMERICAN CHILDREN? Please read the 14th Amendment. Those born to citizens of a foreign power are citizens of the country.
The author isn't crystal clear, but I belive the kids in this story were born in America. They're U.S. citizens, though their parents are not.
I have read the Fourteenth Amendment. My government teacher in high school was especially adamant about all of us students reading and understanding the Constitution and its Amendments.
What about those born to citizens of a foreign power...who have legally immigrated to the United States, on a permanent basis?
Your statement is overly broad. I sincerely hope that its intended meaning was that children born to persons present in the United States either on a temporary or illegal basis, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of another power, i.e., diplomats, should not be granted automatic U.S. citizenship.