Okay. And that is the case with all the children of citizens who have ever resided in this country, though born in a foreign country.
But that’s not the main and controlling idea. That is a following thought, an EXAMPLE of Bayard’s main point. It’s not a qualifier. It’s a consequence of the main point.
This is basic English. Go and ask your English teacher.
What do you consider to be Byard’s main and controlling idea?