So the children of foreign grad students who are merely here temporarily should be considered US citizens? Should the children born to foreign military personnel undergoing training in the US be considered US citizens? There was actually a terrorist who claimed US citizenship due to his birth in the US in the 1970's when his father who was in the Saudi military was undergoing training here. I think that for a child to have birthright citizenship, at least one of the parents must be a US citizen or be a permanent resident of the US. Tourist and other temporary visas should not be the basis for birthright citizenship.
No, I am not saying that. There are cases under the current interpretations of the laws where those kids are considered to be citizens just as American kids born to military parents in some foreign countries have the right to claim citizenship in that country. I don’t think that any child born of foreign parents; legal or illegal should be considered for U.S. citizenship or as U.S. citizens. They are citizens of the country of their parents.
I don’t disagree with you. My contention was simply that, if we continue to grant birthright citizenship regardless of the nationality of the parents, there is no legal basis for treating children born of illegal aliens as superior to children born of foreigners who are legally present in this nation. That’s all.